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January 7, 2026

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Letters to the Editor

Food and drink for thought

Dear Editor, I’ve been following the story of Lake Mead in the southwest US. Lake Mead was formed in the 1930s when the Hoover Dam

What is the point?

Dear Editor, With all due respect to Sandra Barber of Luskville, I am wondering what exactly is her point? Many knowledgeable people have written on

Letters

Blue Green Algae is here in the Pontiac Dear Editor, Many thanks to THE EQUITY and reporter Brett Thoms for the article dated May 17,

Let’s go to work Pontiac

Dear Editor, As investors arrive to the Pontiac contemplating opening various businesses and in particular forestry mills, a common question is asked of me. Will

Reckless driving
by children

Dear Editor, I am writing about an alarming experience that I had with reckless driving on Calumet Island. Two children (aged – 13?) were driving

Smell test failure

Dear Editor, There must be an (provincial) election in the wind. In the Quebec wind. Why would one say that? Well, on Friday, April 22

Letters to the Editor

Voice objections Dear Editor, Robert Wills’ elegant letter about there being no good way of dealing with nuclear waste (Hoarding waste, April 13, 2022) highlights

Letters to the Editor

Anti-virus measures Dear Editor, This is in response to the articles that Chris Judd and Robert Wills have written about the Freedom Truck Convoy 2022

This week in irony

Dear Editor, In the olden days, elections were decided by whomever raised the most money and could buy the most advertising. They would presumably win

Letters to the Editor

Sympathies Dear Editor, My sympathies lie with the people of Ottawa. Their neighbourhood has been invaded and blockaded by noisy, sometimes rude people who somehow

Food and drink for thought

Dear Editor, I’ve been following the story of Lake Mead in the southwest US. Lake Mead was formed in the 1930s when the Hoover Dam blocked the flow of the Colorado River. It was very successful for decades, controlling the

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What is the point?

Dear Editor, With all due respect to Sandra Barber of Luskville, I am wondering what exactly is her point? Many knowledgeable people have written on the subject of residential schools in Canada and the discoveries of small bodies in graveyards

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Letters

Blue Green Algae is here in the Pontiac Dear Editor, Many thanks to THE EQUITY and reporter Brett Thoms for the article dated May 17, 2022 on the “Growing Concern over potentially toxic algae.” Downey’s Bay, Ottawa River here in

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Let’s go to work Pontiac

Dear Editor, As investors arrive to the Pontiac contemplating opening various businesses and in particular forestry mills, a common question is asked of me. Will there be people in the Pontiac who want to work? We know that throughout the

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Reckless driving
by children

Dear Editor, I am writing about an alarming experience that I had with reckless driving on Calumet Island. Two children (aged – 13?) were driving dirt bikes, extremely dangerously on the road, almost causing two accidents. I am hoping that

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Smell test failure

Dear Editor, There must be an (provincial) election in the wind. In the Quebec wind. Why would one say that? Well, on Friday, April 22 both myself, and my husband received our revised Quebec Provincial tax returns for 2021 with

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Letters to the Editor

Voice objections Dear Editor, Robert Wills’ elegant letter about there being no good way of dealing with nuclear waste (Hoarding waste, April 13, 2022) highlights a major flaw with the Chalk River project. Wills tells us to “vote no to

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Letters to the Editor

Anti-virus measures Dear Editor, This is in response to the articles that Chris Judd and Robert Wills have written about the Freedom Truck Convoy 2022 over the past couple of weeks. Has either of those gentlemen been to Ottawa to

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This week in irony

Dear Editor, In the olden days, elections were decided by whomever raised the most money and could buy the most advertising. They would presumably win the most votes and therefore run the government. In the next election, it will be

Read More »

Letters to the Editor

Sympathies Dear Editor, My sympathies lie with the people of Ottawa. Their neighbourhood has been invaded and blockaded by noisy, sometimes rude people who somehow have the resources to take two weeks off and drive cross country and leave their

Read More »

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