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

Still shrouded in mystery Democracy may start with electing someone to public office, but it doesn’t end there. It is the public’s responsibility to keep a close eye on what our elected representatives are doing in our name and with

War and disease have always brought economic hardship. Even before the war in Ukraine caused record high gas prices, two years of the pandemic have made people a lot poorer in terms of how far their dollar stretches. Local farmers

A few years ago, a young veterinarian from the U.K. chose to settle in the Pontiac. Of all the places in the world she could have gone, she came here. It was our great good fortune that she made it

We had a glimpse of what democracy looks like on Wednesday. Usually, the monthly public meetings of the MRC Council of Mayors see a routine passing of resolutions that have already been agreed at the behind-closed-doors plenary sessions held one

A few weeks ago, Warden Jane Toller told THE EQUITY she planned to discuss with the mayors the statement she was preparing for the upcoming public hearings on the nuclear waste facility proposed for Chalk River. But when we learned

As the sun hangs a little longer in the sky, buds erupt into leaves, flowers start to bloom, and the snow is but puddles on the ground, the smell of spring fills the air and signals a new beginning. It’s