Dear Editor, As a past rate payer of the municipality of Thorne (our family once owned a cottage in Ladysmith) and a long-time observer of municipal politics of the area, I am writing to express my congratulations to the citizens

Dear Editor, With the municipal elections, the subject of the management of school board properties was raised at the Lester B. Pearson school board council meeting on Oct. 30. Presently, school boards and municipalities operate in a parallel manner, and

Dear Editor, Sunday was truly a fine exercise of democracy in Quebec. Municipal elections have concluded, and our region featured a number of close races for many elected positions. Election campaigns always create debate and sometimes the resulting discourse can

Dear Editor, The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has recently refused a request made by 27 different individuals and organizations to hold additional open houses along the Ottawa River in Quebec and Ontario. In early October, the CNSC offered open

Dear Editor, I write this letter to the Editor of THE EQUITY on the Friday before the 2017 municipal election results are known Sunday night. Here’s hoping that everybody voted, either at the advance poll, by mail-in ballot or on

Municipal Elections – Make your vote count Dear Editor, What a great letter Diane Mainville wrote regarding elections. She nailed it right on the head and what excellent advice she had for taxpayers. It is too bad the letter wasn’t

Dear Editor, I very much appreciated the submission from Colleen Fleming in the Oct. 18 edition of The Equity. I agree absolutely with the content and essence of her submission. I would, however, like to elaborate the following with regards

Dear Editor, Philemon Wright (1760-1839), one of the Ottawa Valley’s most famous historical figures, has a recently discovered link with Quyon. Wright arrived in the Township of Hull in 1800 with a colony of family, friends and farm animals, by

Dear Editor, It’s election time again and the rumour mill is running full steam ahead. It is easy in a municipality like ours to start rumours. And this time, they seem to be particularly nasty. As a chartered mediator who

Dear Editor, The organizers of the Municipality of Pontiac’s all candidates meeting of Oct. 15 should be thanked for doing this useful public service. People are eager to learn what their aspiring candidates promise for their town. Needless to say,