Outaouais
With the next federal election taking place no later than next fall, the local branch of the New Democratic Party (NDP) have announced that their candidate in the upcoming race will be Gilbert Whiteduck. An official nomination meeting will take place on November 30 at the Wakefield Community Centre. A former Chief of the Kitigan […]
Gilbert Whiteduck talks about his candidacy for the NDP in the riding of Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi in the next federal election.
The nominations to represent the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi closed last week, and there are six people who have put forth their candidacy to potentially run for the party in the next federal election. Brian Nolan is one of six candidates vying for the Conservative party nomination, alongside Michel […]
At around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening (November 19), officers with the Sûreté du Québec were posted up at the intersection of rue Principale and rue Russell in Fort-Coulonge when they encountered a man on an ATV. According to a statement from police, the headlight wasn’t on and the driver, a 27-year-old man from Fort-Coulonge, […]
Brian Nolan, one of the candidates for the federal Conservative Party nomination for the riding of Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi, discusses his candidacy.
The members of the Fort-Coulonge Knights of Columbus will once again be holding their annual “guignolée” or food drive for those in need in the area in early December. Ken Hobbs, one of the organizers, explained that they typically distribute around 100 food baskets to families in need in the Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield area. This year, on […]
With Quebec’s fall economic update scheduled for November 21, an umbrella group representing autonomous community organizations in the Outaouais region is calling for an increase in their funding from the province. Daniel Cayley-D’Aoust, the Director general of the Table régionale des organismes communautaires autonomes de l’Outaouais (TROCAO), explained that they represent a diverse group of […]
Daniel Cayley-Daoust, the Director of the TROCAO, discusses their request to the province for increased funding.
The Union des Producteurs Agricoles (UPA) Outaouais-Laurentides branch recently celebrated their 60th anniversary at the Chateau Montebello, and l’Isle-aux-Allumettes farmer David Gillespie was honoured with the Agricultural Ambassador award for his work on agritourism. [Disclosure: Gillespie also serves as the Vice-President of CHIP 101.9’s board of directors.] Gillespie said that he’s been involved in agriculture […]
Last Wednesday (November 6), the Municipality of Fort-Coulonge finalized their decision to reduce the number of municipal councillors during the next election cycle from six to four. The change stems from Quebec’s newly passed Bill 57, which allows municipalities with less than 2,000 residents to reduce their council size. With the next municipal election scheduled […]
