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,

Warden debate Dear Editor, I was pleased to attend last’s week warden debate at Pontiac High School (PHS), as hosted by THE EQUITY. It was standing room only in the PHS auditorium – a great indicator that there is a

Dear Sir, I am writing because your leader Justin Trudeau is raising taxes on middle-class farmers and local businesses and you seem dead-set on remaining silent. What do these tax increases mean? If you’re a young person looking for your

Dear Editor, Pontiac Liberal MP William Amos published an open letter on Sept. 21 addressing constituents’ concerns about plans for a much-needed clean-up of the Chalk River Laboratories site. His position on the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) proposal to permanently

Dear Editor, I wanted to thank Chris Judd who is indeed “Outstanding in his field” as THE EQUITY’s agricultural columnist for his recent article on conscription and the impacts of the World Wars on our Pontiac farming communities. Indeed, conscription

Last Monday, I left my office at THE EQUITY to see my fog light cover lying on the ground in front of my car. As I bent down to pick it up, I noticed the bumper of my car all

Dear Editor, As Member of Parliament for Pontiac, I take seriously my responsibility for raising the concerns of my constituents regarding the current proposal to build a nuclear waste disposal facility at the Chalk River Laboratories site. The low-grade radioactive