Dear Editor, My dream of a former Prime Minister Trudeau was a little premature. His fake resignation and prorogation of Parliament have allowed him a couple more months in office and further opportunity to destroy our once great country. Few

Dear Editor, Contrary to what many may have been led to believe, including yours truly, the much-vaunted Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) does not provide free basic dental care for all of us. If you were hoping to visit your

Dear Editor, After an extended holiday from concerns of the larger world, we are now faced, like it or not, with a year of electioneering and awkward posturing; politicians parading as saviours of this or that, promising deliverance from strife,

Dear Editor, I am very pleased to see that Santa has visited the Pontiac, perhaps a bit early this year, to meet children of all ages. This is especially important because the postal strike makes it difficult for kids in

Dear Editor, It’s always been comforting for me to know that living in the small communities of the Pontiac came with the ability to live in our homes and pay taxes on realistic property evaluations. Today, that comfort is being

Dear Editor, As the Pro-Mayor of Alleyn and Cawood, I have spent countless hours fighting for fairness and transparency on behalf of our small, rural municipality in our fight against the 370 per cent property evaluation hike that has unfortunately

Dear Editor, Many of us in Alleyn and Cawood and across other Pontiac municipalities believe the actions—or lack thereof—of the MRC Pontiac’s warden and its Council of Mayors have reached a point of blatant disregard for the people they serve,

Dear Editor, I am responding to the letter to the editor submitted by Robert Wills (Transparency in government, THE EQUITY, Nov. 27, 2024). Robert Wills is the pro-mayor of Thorne and has attended some plenary meetings when Mayor Karen Kelly

Dear Editor, I’d like to thank Robert Wills for his letter in last week’s edition of the paper (Transparency in Government, Nov. 27, 2024, THE EQUITY). It serves to open the door to what goes on at the closed plenary

Dear Editor, Over the past two months, I have consistently spoken about fairness in the MRC meetings. Today, I must raise a pressing concern. In 2024, the MRC Pontiac charged inflated shares to Alleyn and Cawood, increasing from $112,000 to