Society

The International Women’s Film Festival of Fort-Coulonge will be officially start this Saturday September 30th, at 5 pm at Sieur-de-Coulonge High school. The evening will include an exhibition of the works of photographer Anna Lupien, an inaugural speech and a screening of the documentary ” Le dernier souffle: au coeur de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal “, […]

Last Friday, Gatineau Intrépide player, Mansfield-born Connor Romain gave CHIP an interview on his resounding season start in the midget 3A league. Connor Romain says he hopes to get 40 points in 42 games: Clip – Connor Romain Connor Romain is a hopeful of the Shawnigan Cataracts in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The […]

In the coming weeks, a feature film will be shot in the Pontiac region. The project was edited by young writers and directors, Renaud Lessard and Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, who came to CHIP to talk about the film. Clip – Renaud Lessard et Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr The full interview is available here. (Photo Gracieuseté Facebook)

Two adventurers from the City of Québec are passing through the MRC Pontiac. Pierre Pépin and Jennifer Gosselin are travelling through Canada and the United States by canoe. They are in their 4th year of adventuring. Elizabeth Séguin met with them to discuss their experiences. Clip – Pierre Pépin et Jennifer Gosselin The full interview […]

There is a lack of trustworthiness for the safety of people in the Pontiac according to the MRC Pontiac who said this in a press release issued yesterday following the outage of telephone, Internet and television services on Tuesday in the MRC Pontiac. This is the 5th large outage in nine years, despite pressure by […]

An announcement was made by the MNA for Pontiac André Fortin, this morning, stating that $ 505,893 will be invested by the Government of Quebec to rebuild the north-south axis on chemin du Bois-Franc. Member of National Assembly for Pontiac André Fortin explains where the funding comes from: Clip – André Fortin The Mayor of […]

The municipality of Pontiac has published via its Facebook page that it is still looking for staff to support the election president with the November 5th elections. Interested parties should contact Kuhn.benedikt@municipalitepontiac.ca.

From September 1 to 4, police officers of the Sûreté du Québec carried out numerous operations to ensure the safety of off everyone on the roadways in all regions of Québec during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Despite awareness-raising campaigns, prior to this long weekend, police officers reported over 5,000 violations of the Highway Safety […]

The Pontiac Community Development Corporation, known as the CDC Pontiac, has recently launched a new website, allowing members of the organization to be better informed, equipped and to network. From the CDC Pontiac Michel Vallières says that new site is in place to better reflect the Pontiac: Clip Michel Vallières The site is http://www.cdcpontiac.org/ The […]

The Sphinx mining company, which owns the rights to Calumet South and Grand Palladium projects in the Pontiac region, held its annual general meeting on Grand-Calumet Island yesterday. As a result of this meeting, the company visited the work that has been carried out over the past few months. Sphinx Resources President Normand Champigny says […]