The right to go to school Dear Editor, What is wrong with this picture? “Eligibility certification [is] preventing those wanting to attend school in English.” Rev. Mary McDowell Wood, Shawville Where would you like your landfill? Dear Editor, The proposal

Money up in smoke Dear Editor, I have been reading the news items about the proposed garbage incinerator in the Pontiac with increasing amazement. Certainly people could be concerned about air pollution. The notion that these things emit gas that

CISSSO’s centralized administration fails the Pontiac An open letter to Christian Dubé, Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services Dear Minisiter, In 2015 the CSSS du Pontiac was fused with five other hospitals to create the CISSS de l’Outaouais. Most

Something smells Dear Editor, As a former land owner and developer in the Pontiac at Clarendon Point, I have one question to ask regarding the ‘proposed’ road ruining and smoke emitting garbage Incinerator, planned for the MRC. That ONE question

Summer’s end Dear Editor, Did you feel that? I know I did, when summer turned to autumn. For me, it came as a sudden chill, making me shiver, as the sun set on a warm and sunny day. Like a

Revel in the good life Dear Editor, Imagine living in a country where the political parties are so divided that members of one party can’t bring themselves to say anything positive about the other. Imagine if one party had lost

Most grateful Dear Editor, On Friday, July 28, my husband Eugene and I were travelling west on Hwy 148, just west of Shawville, when a giant oak tree fell across our trailer which was carrying our lawn mower during a

Why is that? Dear Editor, I’m fairly certain that if I were to drive my car on the PPJ trail, or speed through stop signs and go over the hill on rear wheels only, leave a black trail of rubber

Is a referendum in order? Dear Editor, There is dissension in the Pontiac as to the wisdom of embarking on a project to host an incinerator to deal with residual waste (what’s left after organics and recyclable materials are sorted

So, what’s the better plan? Dear Editor, In response to the idea of building and operating a high-temperature waste incinerator, some have claimed there are better ways of dealing with trash, citing several potential dangerous side effects of incineration. I