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École des Petits-Ponts invites parents to a free conference on work-family balance on Tuesday, November 6th, from 7pm to 9 pm at the auditorium of Sieur-de-Coulonge High School (ESSC). Entitled Le stress sans détresse (Stress Without Distress), this meeting, prepared by speaker Sarah Plourde, aims, among other things, to teach parents how to manage the […]

The Warden of MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, had to answer more questions about the pool project during the media debriefing at the last council of Mayors meeting on Wednesday, where she specified that the project is run by a non-profit organization. Jane Toller also responded to criticisms from certain Pontiac citizens (such as Jean-Pierre Landry’s […]

The Federal MP of Pontiac William Amos told CHIP 101.9 that in the coming weeks, he will decide if he will be running in the federal election campaign next year, almost to the day: The federal election will take place on October 21st, 2019 and the full interview with Will Amos is available here.

The directors de la protection de la jeunesse (DPJ) unveiled their 15th annual yearly report. The Director of the DPJ Outaouais, Michelyne Gagné, gave CHIP an overview of the year: It should be noted that the DPJ does not have specific statistics concerning the different sectors of the Outaouais. Michelyne Gagné concluded by recalling that […]

The newly elected MNA for Papineau, Mathieu Lacombe, was appointed by the new Premier of Quebec François Legault as Minister of Families and responsible for the Outaouais region. Among other CAQ elected officials chosen as Cabinet Ministers includes: the MNA for Sanguinet, Danielle McCann, as Minister of Health and Social Services, the Deputy for Chambly […]

The first feature film of the organization Phare Ouest 2018-19 season film directory will be Les Rois Mongols, directed by Luc Picard, on Wednesday, October 24th at St-Pierre School in Fort-Coulonge. One of the organizers of the showing, Louis Harvey, summarized the synopsis of the story. More details on the film directory are available here: […]

A waterline in Litchfield near Hwy 148 has broken, an advisory of an interruption of water has been issued for the municipality. Once the water is returned, as a prevention measure, the municipality is asking residents to boil their water for at least 1 minute before consumption, until further notice.

The MRC Pontiac won, for a third consecutive year, the Défi sans Auto-SOLO prize for its amount of participation and involvement in the category: Medium organization. The environment coordinator at MRC, Thierry Raimbault: Thierry Raimbault also mentioned that the MRC is hoping to participate in the Défi sans Auto-SOLO again next year. The complete interview […]

Among the 40 guests on the regional 2 days tour of the CANAMEX project were agri-tourism farmers from the states of New-York and Vermont. The co-owner of North Country Creamery in Keeseville, NY, Ashlee Kleinhammer, told CHIP what she, as a dairy farmer, was hoping to get out of the regional tour: For full interviews […]

A regional two day tour through parts of Vermont, New York, Quebec and Ontario was given Tuesday and Wednesday for the American delegates participating in agri-tourism CANAMEX Project. They were at the Spruceholme Inn on Tuesday night, where the creator and head of the project, David Gillespie, told CHIP 101,9 what’s next for the project: […]