Author: Marie Gionet
In a press release issued late yesterday afternoon, the government announced that Josée Filion, who has served as CISSSO Director since 2019, will move to new post at the Ministry of Health and social services, working on “strategic files”. Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that the government had nominated Yves St-Onge as the interim Director, […]
Mireille Alary, the Shawville-based notary with PME INTER-Notaire, is joining up with CHIP 101.9, once again, to offer practical advice on various topics related to notarial law this winter and spring. The objective of these columns is to provide CHIP listeners with Alary’s in-depth and specialized knowledge of notary practices and answer common legal questions […]
The Pontiac Snowmobile races, which have been organized in recent years to raise funds for the Fort-Coulonge arena (Centre de loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite), will return on March 4. Registration will take place on site, in the field next to the arena. Entry is $15 and children 12 and under get in free. […]
CHIP 101.9 spoke with Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary about the municipality’s recently passed budget for 2023. He said that this year’s budget wasn’t easy, as expenses were up due to pressures from inflation and the increased cost of gas. Revenue ($2,871,945) McCleary said that they raised the mill rate for 2023 to 83 cents per […]
This past weekend (January 14 and 15), the l’Association de hockey mineur de Fort-Coulonge organized an adult hockey tournament that brought out 11 teams from the area. Association President Paul Boisvert explained that they were still counting the total amount raised, but added that it would go towards keeping registration fees as low as possible. […]
Certain services at Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) offices throughout Quebec (including the one in Campbell’s Bay) will be interrupted between January 27 and February 14 as the organization rolls out its new online service portal, SAAQclic. A press release issued by MRC Pontiac states that the public should plan their transactions ahead […]
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 […]
Consult the complete document presenting the winter program as well as the registration form here: Winter Progam – MDJ – 2023
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, […]