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The Quyon Lions are hosting a comedy fundraiser this Saturday evening (January 21) at Gavin’s Hotel. The event will be headlined by Mike Rita and will also feature Matt Santos and Rob Aaron Morgan. The MC for the evening will be Nick Burden. The event gets underway at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $25. Lions […]

Recently, municipal councils across the MRC Pontiac have been developing and adopting their budgets for 2023. CHIP 101.9 is in the process of gathering the budgetary information from each municipality in the region and discussing with municipal officials on realities they face this year. Here is a look at: The Municipality of Sheenboro For 2023, […]

Over the past few weeks, municipal councils across the MRC Pontiac have been developing and adopting their budgets for 2023. CHIP 101.9 will be discussing with municipal officials about their budgets and the realities of their municipalities. Here is a look at: The Municipality of Chichester As one of the MRC Pontiac’s smallest municipalities with 350 […]

The Shawville Curling and Golf Club intends to differsifying its services this year, introducing new golf analysis equipement, lessons and something for non-golfers. In an interview, Jeff Russell, a member of the Shawville Curling Club’s board of directors, told CHIP 101.9 about their newly installed golf swing analysis machine, which he says is intended to […]

Citizens are invited to the first public sitting of the MRC Pontiac council of mayors of 2023, which will take place this Wednesday, January 18. Questions can be asked of council during the meeting, or submitted electronically here. The deadline to submit questions is January 18 at noon. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. […]

Former Pontiac MP Will Amos billed taxpayers more than $10,000 for an executive training course months after he left office. MPs who do not seek re-election or are not re-elected are entitled to up to $15,000 in transition expenses such as career training or education “to help them re-establish themselves”. According to a House of […]

Québec solidaire MNA for Rosemont and second opposition critic for health Vincent Marissal was in the riding of Pontiac to tour health care facilities in the region. He told CHIP 101.9 that he wanted to see what the situation was like on the ground and meet with staff. Marissal visted the Pontiac Hospital as well […]

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help the family of Renée Gagnon, a former employee of the Centre de services scolaires des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais who died suddenly on January 3, 2023 at the age of 31. In the description of the campaign, the organizers noted that Gagnon suffered from chronic pancreatitis for the past six […]

Denis Rozon, the owner of Timberland Tours in Bristol and the organizer of the Bristol Dryland dog races has confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that the Pontiac International Sled Dog race, which typically takes place in January, will not take place this year. He explained that he would like to devote more time to the Canadian […]

Note: Some of the audio clips below have been edited for length and clarity. The Municipality of Clarendon is keeping with a longstanding efforts to keep its mill rate at 60 cents per $100 of evaluation, the same as it’s been for years. Mayor Ed Walsh and Director General Patricia Hobbs spoke with CHIP 101.9 […]