NEWS

As part of a study conducted in the municipalities of Bristol and Pontiac (Quyon), members of both communities were invited to respond to a survey in August of 2018 to assess the relationship between humans and nature entitled ’’How people from Bristol and Pontiac feel nature makes their lives better’’. The researcher from University of […]

The 22nd annual snowmobile races will be held this Saturday, February 9th at the Centre des loisirs des Draveurs, in Fort-Coulonge. In an interview with the main organizer, Pierre Laporte, he had an unexpected name for describing the tracks this year: Registration will be between 8:30am and 11am and the races start at noon. Admission […]

CHIP 101.9 will be participating in the Défi des chefs Leucan Outaouais for the third consecutive year. The CHIP host Marie Gionet will represent the CHIP 101.9 team in this friendly challenge against eleven teams composed of a local media personality, a chef, and a child in treatment or survivorship of cancer . She will […]

According to Bruno Saint-Cyr of the Davidson industrial site, the deadline for getting the required $2 million missing to go ahead with a cogeneration project to restart the Davidson sawmill has been postponed until February 28th. In an article recently published on CHIP, St-Cyr mentioned that he had to find this amount before January 31th, […]

A public meeting was held yesterday at Herrington Hall in the municipality of Isle-Aux-Allumettes regarding the Résidences Meilleur du Haut Pontiac. Over 60 people were in attendance for the meeting, notably the mayor of Chichester Donald Gagnon, the mayor of Sheenboro Doris Ranger and the mayor of Isle-aux-Allumettes: Winston Sunstrum who told why they organized […]

On February 13th, the organization Phare Ouest will present its next feature film. The comedy drama “Charlotte a du fun”, directed by Sophie Lorain, will be screened at the St-Pierre school in Fort-Coulonge starting at 7pm on February 13th. For all the details, the full interview in French with Louis Harvey is available here.

A local Chef originally from the municipality of Bryson, Yannick La Salle, along with his team of Chefs from Les Fougères restaurant in Chelsea, won first place at the 2019 Canadian Culinary Championships. This prestigious culinary award, which aims to raise funds for the Canadian Olympic Foundation, took place last weekend in the city of […]

The Pontiac Quad Club invites the community to participate in its annual event again this year. The BIG WOW Poker Run, which will take place on March 23rd, is a fundraiser for Bouffe Pontiac. The organizer of the event, Pat Gravelle gives us more details about this annual race. In 2018, more than $ 1,000 […]