Going from a once-in-25-year ice storm to summer temperatures like we did last week is jarring. However, bizarre weather like this shouldn’t be unexpected. The scientific consensus is that over the coming years, weather patterns worldwide will become increasingly erratic

Trying to change the course of history is never an easy thing. There is understandably much hesitance to move away from the familiar, the comfortable, the way things have always been. Take climate change, for example. Through the period of

Whenever a federal government of any partisan stripe passes a budget that runs a deficit, a common criticism is that the government is acting irresponsibly. The logic goes, if households or businesses ran their budgets like the federal government, they

Now that the long-awaited thaw is finally here, the feeling of optimism among individuals and community groups around the region is hard to miss. A sentiment common to pretty much every event we Equity reporters get to cover is the

The announcements of the 29 projects through the regions and rurality fund are excellent news. Investment into projects that help build the economy and community of the Pontiac is desperately needed. However, despite how grateful the recipients are for the

It’s past time we stop moving the clocks back and forth for daylight saving time (DST) twice a year. It’s a myth that the need for DST had anything to do with farmers. Farmers have long been accustomed to starting

The recent name change of the federal riding from Pontiac to Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi is all about symbolism. Not that that’s a bad thing. Recognizing the presence of the Kitigan Zibi reservation, home to descendents of the original inhabitants of what

The recent power outage and communications failure in upper Pontiac during the coldest time of the year should serve as a wake-up call for Hydro Quebec and policymakers. Residents of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Chichester, Sheenboro, Waltham and Mansfield were stuck for hours

Managing garbage is not sexy. You probably won’t get elected for having the best waste management strategy. The reality is that we cannot indefinitely use the taxpayers’ money to support a residual waste management plan that is not performing especially

It should not have come as a big surprise last week when Quebec’s minister responsible for the French language, Jean-François Roberge, called for the resignation or firing of Ottawa’s recently-appointed anti-Islamophobia representative, Amira Elghawaby. Elghawaby’s alleged transgression came in 2019,