NEWS
Skiing at school: they arrive on Parliament Hill today
After three days of cross-country skiing, the students of the Skiing at School program from ESSC will reach their destination today to attend the launch the annual Ski Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. As a reminder, the group left ESSC early on the weekend, traveling about thirty kilometers in cross-country skiing every day. The […]
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First official Youth Council meeting at the MRC Pontiac
The MRC Pontiac Youth Council held their first official meeting Monday night in Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC Pontiac, in the presence of the Warden Jane Toller. In interview to CHIP 101.9 she gave more details of the meeting. The students also made the decision to meet every two weeks rather than every month, […]
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5@7 Networking session on Agrotourism and Gourmet Tourism
The MRC Pontiac, in collaboration with the Table Agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais and Croquez l’Outaouais, is organizing a 5@7 networking session on Agrotourisme and Gourmet Tourism. The theme being ”What you need to know to develop agrotourism in your business”, the networking session will proceed with a follow-up of the agrotourism and gourmet tourism plan, a […]
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Canada en Fête: unveiling of the 2019 programming
Martin Deschamps will again be the headliner this summer for Canada en Fête; the annual event celebrated at the Parc Amyotte in the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract on June 29th. The official programming was unveiled Monday via the organization’s Facebook page. It was revealed that Martin Deschamps will be accompanied by two guest artists on the […]
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Senior Comets Hockey: Owners’ thoughts
The Pontiac Comets finished their first season with the Outaouais Senior “A” Hockey League over the weekend, losing in the first round of the playoffs against the Cornwall Prowlers. The owner and Comets goaltender, Danick Boisvert, gave CHIP a brief review of the series: Although out in the first round, Danick Boisvert said that overall […]
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Voix du PONTIAC- PONTIAC Voice Group satisfied with the change to CISSSO
The Voix du PONTIAC – PONTIAC Voice group posted on their Facebook page their satisfaction with the change in leadership at the Centre intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) by the Quebec government, following the filing of a special report on the Outaouais region, sent to Health Minister Danielle McCann by […]
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2019 Salon de la femme: Friday
Friday, March 1st, L’EntourElle will present the 2019 Salon de la femme. One of the organizers of the event, Claudee Galipeau, gave more details: Doors open at 5:00 pm, tickets are sold for $ 20 and are available at CHIP 101.9 and the Salon d’esthétique Jeanne-D’Arc (beauty Salon). Note that its first come first served […]
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Senior Comets Hockey: eliminated
The Pontiac Senior Comets were eliminated this weekend by the Cornwall Prowlers following two back to back loses starting on Friday in Fort-Coulonge 7-6 and on Saturday, in Cornwall, 9-3 which concludes the Comets first season. Although out in the quarter finals, the Comets players have nevertheless distinguish themselves throughout the year: Guillaume Grégoire finishing […]
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Senior Comets Hockey: Kicking off the Playoffs
Ending the regular season in fourth place, the Pontiac Senior Comets with face off in the quarter finals against the Cornwall Prowlers in three back to back to back games. Tonight, the first game of the series will be played in Fort-Coulonge at 8:30pm. On Saturday, the Comets are in Cornwall for Game 2 at […]
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Beginner workshops for books and digital journals
The Reseau BIBLIO Outaouais will offer beginner workshops this spring to introduce readers to the digital loan service, books and magazines, which have been established for some years now in the library who are members of the BIBLIO Network. In order to support the acquisition of knowledge to access these books and digital journals, the […]
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