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Outgoing MNA for the riding of Pontiac, André Fortin, was re-elected for a second term last night after the provincial election. Here is the speech he made following his victory.

The most recent Panorama des régions du Québec was released this week by the Quebec Institute of Statistics. Marie-Hélène Provençal, project manager of the Quebec Institute of Statistics, told CHIP 101.9 important facts about the economy in the Pontiac region: Marie-Hélène Provençal said that according to the Institute however, the MRC Pontiac, together with the […]

Join us at the 22nd Annual Renfrew County Woodlot Day, at the Petawawa Research Forest, 1094 Clouthier Road, Chalk River, Ontario, on Saturday October 13, 2018! This event will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Petawawa Research Forest. Free Admission – Will include talks, presentations, and demonstrations on the History of the Petawawa Research […]

The group Phare Ouest held last Saturday the 10th edition of their poetry evening. About fifty people gathered at Fort-Coulonge’s Golden age club to enjoy the works of a dozen poets under the theme “my life is a movie”. Among those present were Grand Calumet Island Councillor James Azola, the Mayor of Mansfield Gilles Dionne […]

The Pontiac Comets earned their first win yesterday in the pre-season match by scoring 5 to 4 against the Maniwaki Foresters. The Comets made 59 shots on the against the Maniwaki goalkeeper. The two goals by Adrian Moyes secured the victory for the Comets on home ice in Fort-Coulonge. This is a first victory for […]

Quebecers are being called to the polls today. In the riding of Pontiac, citizens have the choice between eight different candidates: the Liberal incumbent André Fortin, Olive Kamanyana of the Coalition Avenir Québec, Julia Wilkie of Quebec Solidaire, Roger Fleury of the Green Party, Louis Lang of the Marxist Party- Leninist, Samuel Gendron of the […]

As part of the AVIVA Community Fund (CAF) Contest, which aims to fund community-based projects across the country, two Pontiac projects have been pre-selected and are in need of Pontiac residents help of to be in the finals of the competition. The Friends of St-Joseph Manor are proposing the expansion of the site to provide […]

The Senior A hockey league game scheduled for this Saturday in Fort-Coulonge is postponed until this Sunday at 6pm. This time the Pontiac Comets will face the Maniwaki Foresters. This is a pre-season games.

In the run-up to the October 1st elections, Pontiac’s Carrefour jeunesse-emploi joins forces with the Carrefour jeunesse emploi de l’Outaouais and the Autonomous collective of Carrefours jeunesse emploi du Québec to ask the next Quebec government to give back to the Quebec Carrefour jeunesse emplois “Ways to improve the services they offer to youths”. The […]

Singer Roxane Bruneau was in the Pontiac last night to give a show to local residents at the auditorium of Sieur-de-Coulonge High School. Remember that the event takes place as part of cultural programming in the Pontiac. CHIP caught up with Roxane Bruneau after the show: The next cultural programming event in the Pontiac will […]