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January 7, 2026

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Better than we have ever been

THE EQUITY has been a familiar and welcome visitor at kitchen tables across the Pontiac for generations. For more than half THE EQUITY’S 142-year life,

Two-way street

The promoters of vaping – largely the e-cigarette divisions of tobacco companies – market it as a way to quit smoking. Vaping involves the use

We’ve got promise

Yes, we’ve got Promise, right here in Pontiac County. Promise with a capital P and that rhymes with E and that stands for school, well,

Language, please

Dear Editor, Let’s be clear about what we say and write, because someone might be listening. When flood waters rise, or a mighty wind or

UN good for?

Dear Editor, It is reassuring to see that not everyone on this planet is content to turn a blind eye to injustice. Based on your

Paying your fair share

Municipalities levy property taxes based on the value of the property being taxed. A key measure of a property’s value is what someone is willing

Apartment access

Dear Editor, You may not have thought about this – I didn’t, until it was brought to my attention by a fellow member of the

Another perspective on artPontiac

Dear Editor, The Apr. 2 issue of THE EQUITY featured an article on artPontiac in which the current president described the past few years of

Roméo, Louise and Lloyd

In 2001, Canada’s Lloyd Axworthy led a United Nations commission that promoted the adoption of a resolution that would obligate the international community to intervene

Better than we have ever been

THE EQUITY has been a familiar and welcome visitor at kitchen tables across the Pontiac for generations. For more than half THE EQUITY’S 142-year life, members of the Dickson family have had the privilege of being its stewards. It began

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Two-way street

The promoters of vaping – largely the e-cigarette divisions of tobacco companies – market it as a way to quit smoking. Vaping involves the use of e-cigarettes, roughly the size and shape of a pen, that can be loaded with

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We’ve got promise

Yes, we’ve got Promise, right here in Pontiac County. Promise with a capital P and that rhymes with E and that stands for school, well, école (with apologies to The Music Man). Consider the recent activities of some Pontiac students

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Language, please

Dear Editor, Let’s be clear about what we say and write, because someone might be listening. When flood waters rise, or a mighty wind or ice storm knocks trees down on the wires, it can be a great inconvenience or

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UN good for?

Dear Editor, It is reassuring to see that not everyone on this planet is content to turn a blind eye to injustice. Based on your most recent editorial (Roméo, Louise and Lloyd, THE EQUITY, May 7, 2025), I am happy

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Paying your fair share

Municipalities levy property taxes based on the value of the property being taxed. A key measure of a property’s value is what someone is willing to pay for it. In Alleyn and Cawood, people have been willing to pay quite

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Apartment access

Dear Editor, You may not have thought about this – I didn’t, until it was brought to my attention by a fellow member of the Access Squad. The issue here is that the new apartment buildings springing up like mushrooms

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Another perspective on artPontiac

Dear Editor, The Apr. 2 issue of THE EQUITY featured an article on artPontiac in which the current president described the past few years of artPontiac as “tumultuous”, and artPontiac as an “organization in crisis” (Digital overhaul to help artPontiac

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Roméo, Louise and Lloyd

In 2001, Canada’s Lloyd Axworthy led a United Nations commission that promoted the adoption of a resolution that would obligate the international community to intervene in cases of ethnic cleansing, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in states that

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