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The First edition of the Festival international du Cinéma des Femmes de Fort-Coulonge wrapped up yesterday night. Key promoter and organiser of the festival, Suzanne Vallière-Nolet, gave CHIP a positive review of the weekend. What marked the event was the presence of international Film Producer Alanis Obomsawin. Prizes : – Audience Short film Award: Hier […]

The Campbell’s Bay Summer Festival 2018 kicks off this Friday August 17th at the ball field in Campbell’s bay. This is year 4 of the fundraising event and the key organiser and councilmen for the municipality of Campbell’s Bay, Tim Ferrigan, told CHIP 101,9 that he’s hopeful for another successful year: This year the Campbell’s […]

The Leader of the Green Party of Quebec, Alex Tyrrell, was at CHIP 101,9 today to talk about The green Party’s platform in the upcoming elections on October 1st: This year, the Green Party of Quebec, who had previously kept neutral regarding Quebec national question, finally took a stands on federalism. Alex tyrrell: Roger Fleury […]

On top on the restructuring project at the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs for the new Junior A team in team in the Pontiac, the Pontiac Comets, the general manager of the Arena, Gaétan Graveline, told CHIP about a new curling club that he hopes will be ready and established before Christmas. The Full interview […]

The Festival international du Cinéma des femmes de Fort-Coulonge kicked off last night. CHIP’s Élizabeth Séguin was on site to get comments from a member of the Organisation Phare Ouest Louis Harvey: Note that this is a free event but places are limited so those wanting to attend have to reserve a spot online at […]

The MRC Pontiac announced this week that singer/song writer Roxane Bruneau will be the first performance of the artistic program 2018-2019. The first performance will be at Sieur de Coulonge High school in Mansfield on Thursday September 27. Tickets will be available for $25 here at CHIP 101,9, 138 rue Principal in Fort-Coulonge, or at […]

A car accidentally crash in the the Dépanneur Beau-soir in Mansfield on Wednesday. It would seem the driver attempted to moved the vehicle in reverse to pull out of the parking lot instead accidentally put it in forward crashing in to the side of the building. No one was injured in the accident which occurred […]

With the festival international du cinéma des femmes de Fort-Coulonge only hours away, the organisers are finalizing the preparations for the weekend. Suzanne Vallière-Nollet told CHIP about a spaghetti dinner that will be held tonight to kick off the festival: For any additional information, visit the Facebook page of the Festival international du cinéma des […]

The weekly West Quebec Post, published since 1895, is in the process of reorganizing the newspaper format, the owners of the news paper said they are “struggles to stay afloat”. The distribution of copies will now restricted to subscriptions only. “By reducing the production of 5,975 copies to the number of subscriptions and by reducing […]

This Sunday August 12, the organisation Entourelle will be hosting duck race as a fund raising activity for the organisation. The key organiser of the event, Kim laroche, told CHIP what to expect on the weekend: All proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards improving the play structures at the Entourelle site which Laroche says […]