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December 17, 2025

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Editorials

It’s not brain surgery

It was a cruel irony when one of the worst blows ever dealt to health care in the Pontiac was delivered by two professional health

The evidence base

Anyone wondering why we suddenly find ourselves in the midst of a climate crisis, here is how it happened. Just over three decades ago, climatologists

On the bright side

One of the best things to happen all year happened this summer when Eva Baldi and Thomas Beck came to work with us.  Eva, who

Why?

After less than two years into his four-year mandate, Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have pulled the plug on their government and are taking the

Treacherous threshold

We live in fractious times. We need leadership and policies that will bring us together. Bill 96 promises to do the exact opposite. We appreciate

A call for fair elections

Last month the prime minister went city-hopping through Canada making a $10 a day child care deal with British Columbia and another one in Newfoundland

No reconciliation without justice

Flags at all Federal buildings across the country are flying at half-mast. A government website that keeps track of these sorts of things says they

Inoculation hesitation

Canada has something to celebrate as it surpasses the U.S. in first and double vaccinations after initially lagging far behind. As of July 16, 68

Driven to distraction

Last week, Pontiac MP Will Amos re-emerged from six weeks of radio silence following a pair of embarrassing incidents this spring.

From the frying pan into the fire

Ever since Lester Pearson was parachuted into the northern Ontario riding of Algoma East, home of the uranium mining town of Elliot Lake, successive Liberal

It’s not brain surgery

It was a cruel irony when one of the worst blows ever dealt to health care in the Pontiac was delivered by two professional health care workers, one a neurosurgeon turned premier and the other a radiologist turned health minister.

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The evidence base

Anyone wondering why we suddenly find ourselves in the midst of a climate crisis, here is how it happened. Just over three decades ago, climatologists around the world began to share their observations on the warming of the planet in

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On the bright side

One of the best things to happen all year happened this summer when Eva Baldi and Thomas Beck came to work with us.  Eva, who hails from Beechgrove, worked as a reporter for THE EQUITY. Thomas, a Clarendon resident, helped

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Why?

After less than two years into his four-year mandate, Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have pulled the plug on their government and are taking the country into an election. Along with many other people, we have to ask why. So

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Treacherous threshold

We live in fractious times. We need leadership and policies that will bring us together. Bill 96 promises to do the exact opposite. We appreciate and support the intent to protect the French language and culture of Quebec. But just

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A call for fair elections

Last month the prime minister went city-hopping through Canada making a $10 a day child care deal with British Columbia and another one in Newfoundland and Labrador soon after and billions more to address the shortfalls in N.L.’s Muskrat Falls.

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No reconciliation without justice

Flags at all Federal buildings across the country are flying at half-mast. A government website that keeps track of these sorts of things says they will fly this way for the foreseeable future.  After the graves of 215 Indigenous children

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Inoculation hesitation

Canada has something to celebrate as it surpasses the U.S. in first and double vaccinations after initially lagging far behind. As of July 16, 68 per cent of the population has received one dose and more than 43 per cent

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From the frying pan into the fire

Ever since Lester Pearson was parachuted into the northern Ontario riding of Algoma East, home of the uranium mining town of Elliot Lake, successive Liberal governments have been promoting Canada’s nuclear industry across the country and around the world. Their

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