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May 7, 2026

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Bring us your garbage

We have to give credit to Jane Toller for being very clear about her intentions. When she was running for re-election as warden in 2021,

Well done, Jane

In the Pontiac, we essentially live in the forest. As we’ve seen over the past two weeks, we may hear about forest fires in faraway

Selling us down the river

We are all trying to make sense of a situation that just doesn’t seem to make sense. We are doing our best to make sure

140 candles

It was 140 years ago today – on June 7, 1883 – that the very first issue of THE EQUITY was published. To mark the

Letters to the Editor – May 31, 2023

The importance of Blackflies Dear Editor: I have a small Dragonfly operation in Thorne, and blackflies are the bait which attracts them in droves. Blackflies

Throwing transparency under the bus

Now entering its fifth week, the Outaouais-wide school bus drivers’ strike continues to be massively disruptive for students and parents, and underlines why transparency in

Bring us your garbage

We have to give credit to Jane Toller for being very clear about her intentions. When she was running for re-election as warden in 2021, she told us – and we reported on the front page of our September 15

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Letters to the Editor – June 21, 2023

Ruffled feathers Dear Mr. Dickson: Since June 12, 2023 and your subsequent edition of THE EQUITY, June 14, 2023, I suspect there is even more ammunition in my “war chest” (my pun) to expand on. First and foremost, I wonder

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Well done, Jane

In the Pontiac, we essentially live in the forest. As we’ve seen over the past two weeks, we may hear about forest fires in faraway B.C. and Nova Scotia, but we also experience them here. And not just somewhere else

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Selling us down the river

We are all trying to make sense of a situation that just doesn’t seem to make sense. We are doing our best to make sure everyone knows we support the protection of the French minority within Canada just as long

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Letters to the Editor – June 7, 2023

An Opportunity for MRC Pontiac to be a leader in Energy from Waste Dear Editor, MRC Pontiac has been interested in energy from waste since 2011 when it declared itself a “willing host.” Research in Europe was done at the

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140 candles

It was 140 years ago today – on June 7, 1883 – that the very first issue of THE EQUITY was published. To mark the occasion, we have put together a special 140th anniversary supplement which chronicles some of the

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Letters to the Editor – May 31, 2023

The importance of Blackflies Dear Editor: I have a small Dragonfly operation in Thorne, and blackflies are the bait which attracts them in droves. Blackflies help keep the back country from being totally over-run by citiots who come to the

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Throwing transparency under the bus

Now entering its fifth week, the Outaouais-wide school bus drivers’ strike continues to be massively disruptive for students and parents, and underlines why transparency in how public money is spent is so important. In the Pontiac chapter of this drama,

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Letters to the Editor – May 24, 2023

Did you choose your parents? Dear Editor: Did you choose your parents? If I did have a choice in the matter, I don’t remember it. I’m not complaining, I hit the jackpot, with diligent educated parents, neither the pressures of

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