NEWS

Today is the tree festival in the MRC Pontiac with 1000 trees to be distributed free to residents in the region. The activity will take place from 9 am to 3 pm in the parking lot of the MRC. Available tree species include yellow birch, red oak, bighorn oak, late cherry, sugar maple, white spruce, […]

The Annual General Meeting of the Draveurs Recreation Center will take place on June 12 at 7:00 pm at the Recreation Center, located at 33 Rue du Center récréatif, in Fort-Coulonge. The President’s report, annual operations and Recreation Center projects, in addition to the presentation of financial statements and the election of vacant seats on […]

From June 4th to 8th, culvert replacement work will take place on Chapeau-Sheenboro Road, in the Municipality of Chichester, between Rue de Chichester and chemin Picard. The road will be reduced to one lane during the work between 7 am and 6 pm with a set of lights controlling traffic.

As part of “means of transport” week, the students of école St-Pierre in Fort-Coulonge held a cardboard car race yesterday afternoon. École St-Pierre teacher Sophie Roy told CHIP about what the students could learn during this activity. In addition to the race, the students took to the streets in Fort-Coulonge, to develop their knowledge regarding […]

As part of our ongoing coverage of the Ontario election, CHIP spoke to the NDP candidate for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Ethel Lavalley. During her conversation, she spoke of the crippling student debt as being the biggest problem with the education system. When speaking about healthcare, the NDP candidate said that drug cost was an issue of concern […]

Members of the Caisse populaire Desjardins Chapeau were invited to participate in its annual general meeting last Monday. There was talk of the Caisse populaire Desjardins Chapeau consolidation project with the Caisse Populaire Fort-Coulonge. The bank said it wanted to explore all possibilities to explore ways to allow members to offer more. In the press […]

The Pontiac MRC has announced the closure of part of the PPJ Cyclopark. Access will be closed between chemins Lionel and chemins Campbell’s Bay in the Clarendon area. Signs were installed at both access points and at the intersection of chemins Campbell’s Bay and chemins Moorhead. A 3.5 km detour is in place on the […]

Mission accomplished for the Fort-Coulonge International Women’s Film Festival, which achieved its goal of raising $ 4,000 as part of its crowd funding program launched a few weeks ago. This Film Festival is an event dedicated exclusively to women directors from near and far. Suzanne Vallières-Nollet is grateful for the generosity of donors. A total […]

Pontiac residents are invited to attend a public meeting on agriculture on June 4th. This event will take place at the Campbell’s Bay Recreation Center from 7 to 9 pm, and will be chaired by the MRC Pontiac Warden, Jane Toller. The objective of the meeting is to bring together the different stakeholders in the […]

Ontarians will go to the polls on June 7th to decide who to send to Queens Park. The Green Party of Ontario candidate in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Anna Dolan spoke to CHIP about 2 issues that she is passionate about: Anna Dolan also spoke about the Green Party leader Mike Schreiner: The full interview with Anna Dolan […]