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Jon Stewart, Calumet Media

Continuing the story

For nearly a century and a half, THE EQUITY has told the story of the Pontiac — written one week at a time. It has

Better than we have ever been

THE EQUITY has been a familiar and welcome visitor at kitchen tables across the Pontiac for generations. For more than half THE EQUITY’S 142-year life,

Full-time job

About 35 years ago, I was sitting at a farmers’ meeting listening to an Ag Canada specialist tell a room full of Quebec farm representatives

Jon Stewart, Calumet Media

Continuing the story

For nearly a century and a half, THE EQUITY has told the story of the Pontiac — written one week at a time. It has marked our milestones, preserved our history, and held up a mirror to the communities we

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Better than we have ever been

THE EQUITY has been a familiar and welcome visitor at kitchen tables across the Pontiac for generations. For more than half THE EQUITY’S 142-year life, members of the Dickson family have had the privilege of being its stewards. It began

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Most memorable inventions on the farm #1

Some of these inventions I can remember, but dad and grandpa had memories too. When the train tracks came to Pontiac County, they passed through the back of our farm. Grandpa’s uncle, Ermine Brownlee, had already led the first purebred

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Full-time job

About 35 years ago, I was sitting at a farmers’ meeting listening to an Ag Canada specialist tell a room full of Quebec farm representatives how much more income Canadian farmers had made that year compared to the previous year.

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