Bread and circuses
June 16, 2026
This past Sunday, the grounds of the White House were taken over for one of the most gaudy and depressing spectacles in recent memory, a
This past Sunday, the grounds of the White House were taken over for one of the most gaudy and depressing spectacles in recent memory, a
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Editor, A lot of political energy is being spent in Quebec to preserve the French language and culture. Quebec politics right now seems to be
We can all breathe a sigh of relief. Our federal government now has a plan for how it’s going to develop this country into an
I certainly wasn’t alive when THE EQUITY was first published in Bryson on June 7, 1883. My great-grandfathers, Adam and Moses Stewart, lived only a
Dear team at THE EQUITY, I want to congratulate you all for maintaining the high standard of a very good Ottawa Valley weekly newspaper and
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Dear Editor, In late winter, there was a spill of diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid on the snowmobile trail that uses Yach Road in Thorne.
Editor, The American indictment against former Cuban president Raul Castro is reprehensible. To charge him with murder because the Cuban air force shot down a
This past Sunday, the grounds of the White House were taken over for one of the most gaudy and depressing spectacles in recent memory, a series of high-profile cage fights entitled UFC Freedom 250. While mixed martial arts matches
Dear Editor, I would like to start off by saying how much I enjoy THE EQUITY and have for many years. Over that time I’ve seen photos of people with their Equity in hand while they are on an adventure
Dear Editor, Years ago, Ralph Nader led a movement to expose the practice of “planned obsolescence”. That means, a product is built so that it breaks down in such a way that its repair is more costly than purchasing a
Editor, A lot of political energy is being spent in Quebec to preserve the French language and culture. Quebec politics right now seems to be geared mainly to those objectives. Ironically, anglophones and First Nations people are not granted the
We can all breathe a sigh of relief. Our federal government now has a plan for how it’s going to develop this country into an artificial intelligence superpower while protecting Canadians from the harms of this quickly evolving technology. So
I certainly wasn’t alive when THE EQUITY was first published in Bryson on June 7, 1883. My great-grandfathers, Adam and Moses Stewart, lived only a few kilometres away in Dunraven, and I hope they got to read that first edition.
Dear team at THE EQUITY, I want to congratulate you all for maintaining the high standard of a very good Ottawa Valley weekly newspaper and one which delivers to its readers a very good sense of what’s happening in the
Dear Editor, I feel bad for Jeremy Williams and Erin Davis, for the pain and grief they are going through with the OQLF language police harassing their business. I love their sign! Back around 2012 when I was developing Clarendon
Dear Editor, In late winter, there was a spill of diesel fuel and hydraulic fluid on the snowmobile trail that uses Yach Road in Thorne. That part of Yach Road is normally not plowed for wheeled vehicles in winter. The
Editor, The American indictment against former Cuban president Raul Castro is reprehensible. To charge him with murder because the Cuban air force shot down a marauding airplane 30 years ago dropping anti-Castro leaflets on the city of Havana, after the
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