Dear Editor, Some folks hold to the notion that government is nobody’s business but those elected or self-appointed to make all decisions. Others hold that government should reflect the wishes and aspirations of the taxpayers at the bottom of the

Dear Editor, Chris Judd’s column last week (https://theequity.ca/impatience-jealousy-and-greed/) should be mandatory reading for every politician of every part in Canada. Truly important messages within this column and worthy of our reading twice. Merlin Tubman, Toronto

Dear Editor, Hard frost is coming soon, so be sure to empty your rain barrels and lay them on their side or upside down for the winter. Even just a smidgeon of water in the rain barrel can ruin it

Dear Editor, Recently the people of the Pontiac seem to find themselves in a bit of a pickle. Tax evaluations have been presented for 2025-2027 based on inaccurate and unfair assessments. Because of this a “370% Evaluation Taskforce”, numerous petitions

Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC Pontiac website reveals discrepancies, with some properties overvalued and some undervalued. I’d like to discuss

Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I think it begs repeating now, for reasons I’ll get into later. Food scraps and other

Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed the warden to drop the project and stop talking about it. Several elected municipal councillors,

Dear Editor, What they don’t want you to know.  You hear this phrase bounced around on the internet and on the campaign trail; someone attempting to install anxiety over some deep state secret or UFO technology that they are keeping

Dear Editor, In just four months, our small village of 300 has risen to the occasion and put a glaring provincial issue front and center. The 370% Evaluation Taskforce recently returned from the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) annual event