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The Federal member of Parliament for Pontiac, Will Amos, told CHIP in an interview that legalization is the best way to reduce the amount of Cannabis consumptions: The Legalization of Cannabis (Cannabis Act) comes in to effect tomorrow (October 17). For more information of the rules and regulations regarding the legalization of Cannabis visit: https://encadrementcannabis.gouv.qc.ca/en/loi/

With the Legalization of Cannabis tomorrow, CHIP 101,9 did an update on LiveWell Food that have begun to establish a research and development Lab in the municipality of Litchfield during the last few months. The chief of administration at LiveWell, Michel Lemieux: The full interview with Michel Lemieux is available in French here.

Jam Fest for Tornado Relief The Forest Inn, Bryson Inviting all musicians, and the general public. Saturday November 3rd, 7pm Musician please sign up; Al-819-648-2888 No door fees, but donations will be gratefully accepted! __ornement.png__ Jam fest au profit des sinistrés de la tornade. Au Forest Inn, Bryson Bienvenu à tous les musiciens et au […]

The Pontiac based film Mad Dog Labine won the grand prize in the Focus Quebec/Canada Category at the 47th edition of the New Film Festival that was held last weekend in Montreal. The Doc-Fiction, produced by Jonathan Beaulieu and Renaud Lessard, fosters the talent of many young people here in the Pontiac. A showing of […]

At the game on Saturday, the general manager of the Pontiac Senior Comets, Sébastien Bonnerot, in an interview, told CHIP what he’s expecting this year in term of performance: For more information, visit: https://lhsao.ca/, and the full interview with Sébastien Bonnerot is available here.

The Pontiac Senior Comets held their home opener on Saturday (October 13) to kick off the 2018-19 season. In a really close game, the Comets fought hard with Guillaume Grégoire scoring 2 goals, yet the Comets couldn’t escape with the win. (6-5 Forestiers) The Comets face off against the Cornwall Prowlers will be next Saturday […]

The MNA for Pontiac, André Fortin, is considering the leadership campaign of Quebec’s Liberals. According to an article written in the newspaper Le Devoir, André Fortin claims to have been invited to join the race for replacing of Philippe Couillard, who left his position shortly after the Liberal’s defeat on October 1st. Fortin says he […]

Paving work will be done on Lac-des-Loups road, in the municipality of Pontiac. It’s important to note that he road will be closed starting October 12th. A detour will be set up on Swamp and Farrell road.

A 3 pitch ball tournament will be held in the municipality of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet tonight at the Recreational Centre. The key organizer of the tournament, Leticia Lance along with her sister Taneshia Olafson, told CHIP that this tournament is in honor of their father who had a terrible accident recently: The tournament kicks off tonight at […]

The Pontiac Senior Comets home opener against the Maniwaki Forestiers will be held Saturday at the Fort-Coulonge Arena at 8pm. The complete calendar is available here.