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

Leader in waste management Dear Editor, It is important to address some of the points made in last week’s Equity by Jen Montague (Garbage in, garbage out, July 5, 2023) concerning the proposed Energy from Waste (EFW) facility by MRC

Radioactive waste Dear Editor, Sophie Kuijper Dickson’s excellent coverage of why the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan consented to the NSDF (THE EQUITY, June 28) includes this eye-popping statement from Pikwakanagan Councillor Don Bilodeau: “Plus, it’s low-level radioactive, so it dissipates quickly.

Big Decision Ahead Dear Editor, We have a problem, a slow-growing problem with no really good solution. We have trash, stuff we bought but don’t want and can’t use. The packaging that comes with every single thing we buy, the