With less then a month to go, the race to be leader of the Conserative Party of Canada already appears to be over, with Pierre Poilievre en route to becoming the next leader of the Party. With the endorsement of

The recent report from L’Institut de la statistique du Québec projects that the population of the MRC Pontiac will reduce by about 5.2 per cent in the next 20 years. This is bad news. While the report’s prediction is by

Last week THE EQUITY published a letter to the editor responding to the editorial of the July 6 edition entitled “Too early to forget”. This letter to the editor argued that the writer of the editorial did not do adequate

Recently, the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festival, Groove and Bass, was held in the Pontiac. According to the organizers the event brought in almost 2,000 people to the park held just outside Bryson. Understandably, there were some complaints about the

The last two weeks of June mark a lucky time for Quebecers. The time sees two holidays where most people get the day off, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Fête nationale) and Canada Day. Holidays are great, and we get two back-to-back. Given

High school graduation is an important milestone in a person’s life. It’s a rite of passage and an important part of a teenager’s journey into becoming an adult. It’s an accomplishment that we should all applaud, especially given the fact

Doug Ford’s recent electoral victory across the river highlights some glaring flaws in the democratic process and the media in this country, and probably foreshadows what will happen this October in Quebec. All the Progressive Conservative party of Ontario needed

Early in May, THE EQUITY heard from four firefighters who allege that a number of shortcomings in the Municipality of Pontiac fire department undermine public safety. Two of the firefighters, who no longer work for the municipality, were willing to

The passage of Bill 96 will have a lot of unfortunate consequences for both Quebec anglophones and new immigrants arriving to the province. Preventing people from receiving basic services in a language that they have used from birth in .

Over recent weeks, there has been much discussion in THE EQUITY on the proposal to build a nuclear waste dump at Chalk River. We have seen letters to the editor and opinion articles both for and against. We have reported