What they say, how they listen
October 21, 2025
This Wednesday evening, THE EQUITY is hosting a Conversation with the Candidates running to be MRC Pontiac’s next warden. We’re hosting the public event at
This Wednesday evening, THE EQUITY is hosting a Conversation with the Candidates running to be MRC Pontiac’s next warden. We’re hosting the public event at
Dear Editor, Are any of your readers the descendants of the original pioneers? We at the Pontiac Archives are making a map of Clarendon pioneers
Dear Editor, I agree with certain elements of Warden Toller’s recent letter to the editor (published Oct. 1) such as the need for regional visioning,
Last week, members of the public got to hear a presentation regarding the potential for integrating fire services throughout the Pontiac region. Put on by
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Carney is visiting the American president this week, trying to get an economic deal done with this temperamental personality. Trump has
Dear Editor, I feel insulted. I was watching YouTube, as usual, and a panel popped up in my feed, so I decided to see what
Dear Editor, A long time ago – in the early ‘60s – I lived in Shawville. My father, Dr. Roly Armitage, along with Mickey Hodgins
Dear Editor, With municipal elections on the horizon, now is the time for residents to engage directly with candidates and ask important questions about their
Congratulations are in order to the five mayors and the 57 of 102 councillors across the county who on Friday at 4:30 p.m. secured their
Fall is here and so is the aroma of election season. No one running for council will want to talk about it but I think
This Wednesday evening, THE EQUITY is hosting a Conversation with the Candidates running to be MRC Pontiac’s next warden. We’re hosting the public event at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge in Mansfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and our live stream, which
Dear Editor, Are any of your readers the descendants of the original pioneers? We at the Pontiac Archives are making a map of Clarendon pioneers using information from Bert Stark’s map and the map produced by Joanne Brownlee. On it
Dear Editor, I agree with certain elements of Warden Toller’s recent letter to the editor (published Oct. 1) such as the need for regional visioning, unity building, transparency, and collaboration but have seen no concrete evidence that she has given
Last week, members of the public got to hear a presentation regarding the potential for integrating fire services throughout the Pontiac region. Put on by staff from the MRC, the evenings were granular in their detail about how the costs
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Carney is visiting the American president this week, trying to get an economic deal done with this temperamental personality. Trump has raisedtariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and lumber and wants to dismantle the quota system
Dear Editor, I feel insulted. I was watching YouTube, as usual, and a panel popped up in my feed, so I decided to see what it was about. It wasn’t a video, but an ad, pretending to be a poll.
Dear Editor, A long time ago – in the early ‘60s – I lived in Shawville. My father, Dr. Roly Armitage, along with Mickey Hodgins and many other Shawville residents, put together a plan to fund and build an arena
Dear Editor, With municipal elections on the horizon, now is the time for residents to engage directly with candidates and ask important questions about their priorities. For the English-speaking communities in Quebec, this is especially vital. Municipal governments make decisions
Congratulations are in order to the five mayors and the 57 of 102 councillors across the county who on Friday at 4:30 p.m. secured their seats for another four years. Acclamation, in many cases, could be seen as a vote
Fall is here and so is the aroma of election season. No one running for council will want to talk about it but I think we should begin preliminary discussions of amalgamation of the municipalities in MRC Pontiac. Amalgamation of
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