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The Génies en Herbe grand finale starts this evening (December 11th) at 6:30pm at Sieur-de-Coulonge (ESSC) for the Pontiac elementary students participating in this annual event. A teacher at Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur school, Isabelle Nadeau, described the types of questions that would be asked of students. The competition is in two parts: tonight and tomorrow night at […]

On November 30th was the swearing-in of the Primary Parliament of the students of Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur School in Chapeau. The Primary Parliament has been at this school for several years now and it should be noted that the students elected Annabelle St-Cyr as Prime Minister, Julia Kaiser as Vice Premier, Paige Allard and Summer […]

Yesterday, December 10th, 4-H Canada announced that the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) 4-H Club Fund provided $114,250 to 223 clubs across Canada. It is a part of the Club Fund’s annual $250, 000 commitment to 4-H Canada. Although, the Shawville 4-H club did not benefit from this year’s funding, the Director of Marketing and Communications […]

The new Brauwerk Hoffman brewery opened last Friday, December 7th, in Campbell’s Bay. The owner, Todd Hoffman, told CHIP that he was hoping to do well but was not expecting one beer to do as well as it did: According to Hoffman, the event was a success, and an estimated 170 people made it out […]

On December 13th, the Société d’aide au développement de la collectivité (SADC) Pontiac invites its partners and Pontiac residents to its annual brunch and open house at its Campbell’s Bay office. The SADC Pontiac’s business advisor and event organizer, Brittany Morin, explained why the company holds this event annually. For the theme, SADC Pontiac has […]

Today was the funeral of Carl Morin who died suddenly last Wednesday. He was a host at CHIP 101.9 and was heavily involved with the Knights of Columbus’ Food Drive and several Knights activities of the Councils 7221. The funeral mass was celebrated today, Monday, December 10th, at the St. Pierre Church, in Fort-Coulonge, at […]

Despite a power outage that disrupted Saturday night’s game, the Pontiac Comets won a 4-3 against the Outaouais Senior A Hockey League leaders: the Montagnards de Mont-Laurier. Mitchell Gibson, had a notable performance, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist for the Comets. Maxime Belley also had 3 points. The next Comets game will be Sunday […]

A few days ago, the municipality of Fort-Coulonge posted a part-time job offer for a garbage collector and driver positions. The municipality says that this job will ensure their ability to collect its’ own garbage and recyclable materials. Previously, the contract for garbage collections was provided by Location Martin Lalonde and before them: R. Charrette. […]

The Territorial Development Funds (TDF) call for projects is now open. Municipal organizations, band councils of aboriginal communities, cooperatives and non-profit organizations are eligible to receive those funds. Among these, those interested in receiving funds from the TDF can contact the development commissioners at the MRC Pontiac, Claudee Galipeau and Chakib Ahmimed, who will be […]

Bouffe Pontiac Food Drive, which took place last Thursday in different areas across the Pontiac, raised $ 8,850 and 335 kg of food. According to Bouffe Pontiac, these donations will be used to prepare 160 Christmas baskets, for the less fortunate in the MRC Pontiac. Bouffe Pontiac stated that the event was a great success, […]