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Yesterday during a special broadcast live from the MRC Pontiac, an interview conducted with the MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller, who confided that she met recently with the Commonwealth Plywood President, William T Caine, whose company still owns a mill located in Rapide-des-Joachims. When it came to the forest industry, she said she hoped to […]

Senior hockey should be back in the Outaouais and Pontiac. One of the organizers of this new league, Dannick Boisvert, confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that a franchise should be established in Fort-Coulonge. He confirmed in Le Droit Journal yesterday that there is a good chance we will see a team also in Shawville as part […]

Martin Bertrand, a teacher and also a municipal councilor on Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, is currently fulfilling his dream by going to Mount Everest’s base camp in Nepal. CHIP 101.9 spoke with him by phone. This full interview with the école secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge teacher and municipal councilor on Ile-du-Grand Calumet Martin Bertrand is available here. To follow the […]

The Pontiac will be featured in a book that will soon be released. Québec: au cœur de cette province unique du Canada, is a picture book by photographer Mathieu Dupuis. In it Mansfield’s famous Felix Gabriel Marchand Red Bridge is depicted on page 205, described as one of Quebec’s jewels, in the chapter that focuses […]

The management team at l’établissement des Petits-Ponts unveiled its new logo last night at the Council of Commissioners meeting held at Sieur-de-Coulonge. Mansfield resident, Céline Romain’s logo was chosen as part of a contest last October. The drawing is a blue star surrounded by logs forming bridges around the stars corners and green pellets representing […]

On May 19th and 20th, RS Ranch Rodeo will be back again in Mansfield. RS Ranch owner Suzie Carrier spoke to CHIP 101.9 about the event. The cost of entry for is $ 5. The full interview is available here.

With the return of good weather and start of spring cleaning, the Municipality of Pontiac has posted a message on its Facebook page from the Pontiac Fire Safety System (SSI), to remind us of some regulations and advice. It states among others things that; • The risk of a fire increases in April and May, […]

The CLSC Pontiac Foundation raised $ 35,399.35 at the benefit dinner held on April 21 in Fort-Coulonge. According to Anne Bertrand-Amyotte, Chair of the Board of Directors of the organization, the event was a success. You can still donate to the CLSC Pontiac Foundation. Anne Bertrand-Amyotte gives us the details. The President of the Foundation […]

The annual CHIP 101.9 Radiothon will be held this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, April 28-29. Among other programs this weekend, Nathalie Vassilof will have country artist Yvan Petit on Country en Folie this Saturday and listeners will be able to call in their donations either during Country en Folie or at another time. Earlier […]

The Phare Ouest cinema evenings will draw to a close of their 2017-2018 season with the film Hochelaga : Terre des âmes. Louis Harvey of Phare Ouest spoke to CHIP about the film. The screening will take place on April 25th on the 3rd floor of the École St-Pierre in Fort-Coulonge at 7pm.