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The Candidate for the Coalition Avenir Quebec Olive Kamayana officially launched her campaign today where she took the opportunity to thanked Équité Outaouais for organising the debate on Thursday in Aylmer and to criticize André Fortin. Kamanyana Wrote on Facebook post: ” Even if M. Fortin is one of M. Couillard’s Cabinet members the Economie […]

The Caisses Desjardins in Fort-Coulonge and Chapeau will be having two information sessions regarding the regrouping of the two banks. CHIP spoke with the director of both Caisses Desjardins, Stéphane Labine, who wanted to remind the population of the reason for the merger. Stéphane Labine specified that when the banks come together, there will not […]

There will be a Golf Tournament on September 15th, organized by the Board of Directors of Chutes Coulonge park, in order to raise funds for park activities. The President of the Board, Joan Bertrand, speaks about the tournament. The event will take place at the Pontefract Golf Club, located at 35 Terry Fox Road, Mansfield. […]

The President of the Western Quebec School Board, James Shea, talked to CHIP 101.9 about concerns that the Coalition Avenir Québec will abolish school boards in Quebec: He explained what it might look like if the school boards are abolished : Western Quebec School Board also wants to see the next government invest in high-speed […]

Approximately 42,000 people traveled to attend the 162nd Shawville Fair last weekend. The Fair’s president Stacy Howard summarizes the festival. According to Mme. Howard, this year, the Friday night headlining act The Trews, were well received; The full interview will be available soon.

At the end of the 2017-2018 school year, last spring, the Commission scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSHBO) was looking to fill many positions for the 2018-2019 school year. CHIP 101.9 discussed this problem with different members of the school boards management, as well as the chairperson of the school board. The chairperson Diane Nault, said that […]

During his tour of the Outaouais, outgoing Primer Philippe Couillard, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about the main issues in the riding of Pontiac, including the healthcare sector, which received a lot of attention in the region. Mr. Couillard states that Quebec could have the best health care system in the world: He also spoke about […]

Clean up work will be done on highway 148 in the municipalities of Litchfield and Campbell’s Bay between Church rd and Route 301 N. The work started today September 06 and scheduled from 8h to 4pm Monday to Friday until around September 28th. One lane will be closed during this time and a traffic light […]

The Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) in the Pontiac is a non for profit organisation who is mandated with helping farmers in times of need. The president of the UPA Pontiac, Philippe Lamontagne, told CHIP that producers are experiencing a high period of stress and need the Government to step in and help: Phil Lamontagne […]

In the Pontiac riding, three candidates have officially confirmed their presence at the debate organised by Équité Outaouais. Among the series of debates that’ll take place in the coming days for the 5 electoral districts in the region, for the Pontiac, Samuel Gendron for the NDPQ, Julia Wilkie for Quebec solidaire and Louis Lang of […]