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The employees of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) are holding a second strike day across the province. For the occasion, employees of the Outaouais, including the SAQ branches in the Pontiac, “will express their dissatisfaction in front of the offices of MNA’s Marc Carrière, Maryse Gaudreault and Minister Stéphanie Vallée to call on […]

As a reminder, on August 29, students of Sieur de Coulonge Highschool will be back school for another year. Visit their Facebook page at Ecole Secondaire Sieur de coulonge. There you can find the prices of all the books that will be needed for the 2018-2019 school year.

The Campbell’s Bay Summer festival 2018 Came to a close yesterday, key organiser and councilman for the municipality Of Campbell’s Bay, Tim Ferrigan, told CHIP that he’s really happy with the turn out of the weekend, with the amount of residents from Litchfield and Campbell’s Bay that were able to attend. Without knowing any numbers […]

CHIP 101,9 learned that Olive Kamanyana will represent Coalition Avenir Quebec for the Pontiac in the upcoming Provincial Elections on October 01. The leader of Coalition Avenir Quebec presented Olive Kamanyana as a senior official in the federal government and the QAC candidate for the Pontiac at a press conference Sunday. There, the leader also […]

The second annual night of Poetry will concluded this year’s cultural programming for the organisation Phare Ouest. The event will take place on August 29 at 7pm at the Club de l’age d’or in Fort-Coulonge. Louis Harvey, from the organisation Phare Ouest, says he hope to welcome at least 100 people to the event. For […]

The Western Quebec Literacy Council (WQLC) is looking for volunteer literacy and math tutors to help the upper pontiac area. To help get people from the area involved the WQLC has decided to hold a tutor training workshop in Chapeau on September 15. WQLC Executive Director Michèle Gagnon explains that the training is open to […]

“The Western Quebec Literacy Council is hosting a free tutor training workshop in Chapeau on September 15th from 10 am to 3pm. Participants will learn how to tutor adult learners who need help upgrading their reading, writing and math skills. For more information or to sign up for this event please contact Michele at 1-888-647-3112 […]

Renfrew County Fiddlers monthly dance on September 15, 2018 at Mateway Activity Centre 7pm to 11:30pm. Feature fiddler Ian Hamilton. General admission $6.00 Members $4.00 – 18 and under Free. Everyone Welcome.

Yesterday afternoon, the Quebec government announced an investments totaling more than $ 4.5 million in higher education in Outaouais. The money will be used to support the realization of the University of Quebec in the Outaouais (UQO) Pavilion opportunity file, to set up of a regional hub in higher education, in the development of health […]