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April 2, 2026

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Opinion

Stuporbowl half-life

Dear Editor,  Our present-day civilization takes pride in blowing things up to the point where they are meaningless, time and energy-wasting nonsense. Take football, for

Power shift

Best not put money on it, but there seems to have been a change in how Hydro-Québec is managing the consequences of its decision to

Two good moves for our citizens

Dear Editor,  First, I congratulate Otter Lake council for opening the plenary meetings to the public. I believe this will engender a more comfortable feeling

Who will stand up?

Dear Editor,  Robert Wills provides us with a good chuckle (letter, Liberty Valance) in describing the president of the United States as a “senile sociopath

Low hanging fruit

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is determined that now is the perfect moment for this province to be thinking about whether it would rather remain in Canada

Conservative leadership review

Dear Editor,  A few years ago I ran a small supply section for National Defence Canada. I was a contractor and I had to have

Ninety-two and angry

Dear Editor,  I am a handicapped 92-year-old woman. Almost every time I go to the Royal Bank, I have a problem with the handicap spot.

Liberty Valance

Dear Editor,  I grew up in Kentucky, where the gun culture is thick as molasses. I learned how to shoot a gun before I learned

Art mining – this time it’s personal

Dear Editor,  Those readers who know me in daily life know that I’m part of the Pontiac Historical Society, involved in making accessible the trove

Eighty-six kitchen tables

That’s how many Pontiac kitchen tables hosted dairy farmers as they told their spouses, children, and aging parents that they were closing the doors on

Stuporbowl half-life

Dear Editor,  Our present-day civilization takes pride in blowing things up to the point where they are meaningless, time and energy-wasting nonsense. Take football, for instance. I don’t care a thing about it. I can’t imagine why anyone would go

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Power shift

Best not put money on it, but there seems to have been a change in how Hydro-Québec is managing the consequences of its decision to ignore its aging infrastructure in the upper Pontiac.  For years, when extreme heat, cold or

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Two good moves for our citizens

Dear Editor,  First, I congratulate Otter Lake council for opening the plenary meetings to the public. I believe this will engender a more comfortable feeling between the electors and the elected. I predict that few people will have the stamina

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Who will stand up?

Dear Editor,  Robert Wills provides us with a good chuckle (letter, Liberty Valance) in describing the president of the United States as a “senile sociopath – a vulgar selfish blob of bad taste”. And sure enough we need reason to

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Low hanging fruit

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is determined that now is the perfect moment for this province to be thinking about whether it would rather remain in Canada or set out on its own, and is adamant option B would be best for

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Conservative leadership review

Dear Editor,  A few years ago I ran a small supply section for National Defence Canada. I was a contractor and I had to have secret clearance among other requirements. Can someone please justify how Pierre Poilievre can still be

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Ninety-two and angry

Dear Editor,  I am a handicapped 92-year-old woman. Almost every time I go to the Royal Bank, I have a problem with the handicap spot. There is six inches of water or more inches of snow. I asked the bank

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Liberty Valance

Dear Editor,  I grew up in Kentucky, where the gun culture is thick as molasses. I learned how to shoot a gun before I learned to play a musical instrument. As a child, I thought the power to kill animals

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Art mining – this time it’s personal

Dear Editor,  Those readers who know me in daily life know that I’m part of the Pontiac Historical Society, involved in making accessible the trove of glass negatives left by Harry Imison. We’re using rather modern technology to eke out

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Eighty-six kitchen tables

That’s how many Pontiac kitchen tables hosted dairy farmers as they told their spouses, children, and aging parents that they were closing the doors on their generations-old family farm. That’s how many Pontiac farmers were suffocated by Canada’s supply management

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