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February 25, 2026

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Letters to the Editor

Autumn hints

Dear Editor, Hard frost is coming soon, so be sure to empty your rain barrels and lay them on their side or upside down for

Social inequality

Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC

Keep your compost

Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I

Waste committee wasted

Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed

What they don’t want you to know

Dear Editor, What they don’t want you to know.  You hear this phrase bounced around on the internet and on the campaign trail; someone attempting

Small but mighty

Dear Editor, In just four months, our small village of 300 has risen to the occasion and put a glaring provincial issue front and center.

Where are you, Mr. Trudeau?

Dear Editor,Justin Trudeau’s government (including our federal riding MP Sophie Chatel) – maintained years of silence on the issue of anglophone rights within the province

Have faith in your council

Dear Editor, I was invited to attend the June 2024 special meeting of the Alleyn et Cawood council with residents about the issue of a

Mayors must step up

Dear Editor, On Sept. 18, the 370 per cent property evaluation task force and many residents of Alleyn and Cawood attended the MRC Pontiac meeting,

Autumn hints

Dear Editor, Hard frost is coming soon, so be sure to empty your rain barrels and lay them on their side or upside down for the winter. Even just a smidgeon of water in the rain barrel can ruin it

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Citizens of the Pontiac: Take back your power

Dear Editor, Recently the people of the Pontiac seem to find themselves in a bit of a pickle. Tax evaluations have been presented for 2025-2027 based on inaccurate and unfair assessments. Because of this a “370% Evaluation Taskforce”, numerous petitions

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Social inequality

Dear Editor, I’m writing to bring attention to a pressing issue in Pontiac: social inequality stemming from erroneous property appraisals. Recently-published data on the MRC Pontiac website reveals discrepancies, with some properties overvalued and some undervalued. I’d like to discuss

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Keep your compost

Dear Editor,This letter is full of stuff we already know, much of it is stuff I’ve written about in letters to the papers before. I think it begs repeating now, for reasons I’ll get into later. Food scraps and other

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Waste committee wasted

Dear Editor, It was evident after the loud protest over the proposed garbage incinerator that members of the public wanted something better. The mayors instructed the warden to drop the project and stop talking about it. Several elected municipal councillors,

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What they don’t want you to know

Dear Editor, What they don’t want you to know.  You hear this phrase bounced around on the internet and on the campaign trail; someone attempting to install anxiety over some deep state secret or UFO technology that they are keeping

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Small but mighty

Dear Editor, In just four months, our small village of 300 has risen to the occasion and put a glaring provincial issue front and center. The 370% Evaluation Taskforce recently returned from the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) annual event

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Where are you, Mr. Trudeau?

Dear Editor,Justin Trudeau’s government (including our federal riding MP Sophie Chatel) – maintained years of silence on the issue of anglophone rights within the province of Quebec. Two weekends ago, he finally took a stand on the issue in a

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Have faith in your council

Dear Editor, I was invited to attend the June 2024 special meeting of the Alleyn et Cawood council with residents about the issue of a potential 370 per cent increase in their property evaluations. There was great concern and emotion

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Mayors must step up

Dear Editor, On Sept. 18, the 370 per cent property evaluation task force and many residents of Alleyn and Cawood attended the MRC Pontiac meeting, expecting the presentation and adoption of a bylaw we proposed to eliminate the comparative factor

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