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August 6, 2025

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A good year

Dear Editor, This will be a good year to dabble in gardening. With the U.S. administration playing gimme with tariff tantrums on and then off,

Thank you

Dear Friends at THE EQUITY, I enjoy your work and appreciate your generosity. Thank you for printing, selling and donating the proceeds from the booklet

Discontent with the bully

Dear Editor, It is impossible to observe the G7 event planned for mid-June in Kananaskis, Alberta, without thinking of the mistreatment ordinary Canadians have received

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

A good year

Dear Editor, This will be a good year to dabble in gardening. With the U.S. administration playing gimme with tariff tantrums on and then off, food prices are guaranteed to rise. This is especially true of those items that don’t

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Thank you

Dear Friends at THE EQUITY, I enjoy your work and appreciate your generosity. Thank you for printing, selling and donating the proceeds from the booklet Keeping On, Keeping On to the Shawville Museum. Thank you for that. And thank you

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Discontent with the bully

Dear Editor, It is impossible to observe the G7 event planned for mid-June in Kananaskis, Alberta, without thinking of the mistreatment ordinary Canadians have received at the hands of U.S. authorities. The G7 leaders are supposed to work together to

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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, 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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