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April 9, 2026

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Opinion

Scare yourself a little

Dear Editor, It seems that people like to be scared sometimes, so they watch movies about. . .

Cause for celebration

Dark clouds are gathering over this year’s celebration of Canada Day. The 154th anniversary of the founding of our country comes three weeks after. .

Yes, Prime Minister

An imagined conversation behind the Liberal reversal on electoral reform The abandonment by the Liberals of their 2015 campaign promise to reform Canada’s electoral system

So much for democracy

Dear Editor, Recently I was watching a report on the great dictators of this world and I remembered how lucky we were to live in

I stand corrected

Dear Editor, Recently, I wrote about the Small Modular Nuclear Reactors and how the waste material would be actively dangerous for 100,000 years. I have

Moderna Vaccine

Dear Editor, In recent weeks, it was broadly advertised that those who were eligible for their second vaccine dose would be able to change existing

A vote for good government

Canadian democracy is a quirky thing.  Under our first-past-the-post rules, it can seem to make sense to vote for a candidate you don’t really like

“It’s over for the little guy’

Editor’s note: This editorial was first published in this paper on March 3 of this year, and is being republished because it’s still as relevant

Cause for celebration

Dark clouds are gathering over this year’s celebration of Canada Day. The 154th anniversary of the founding of our country comes three weeks after. . .

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Yes, Prime Minister

An imagined conversation behind the Liberal reversal on electoral reform The abandonment by the Liberals of their 2015 campaign promise to reform Canada’s electoral system left many Canadians gobsmacked. Among the musings over possible explanations for the abrupt reversal, the

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So much for democracy

Dear Editor, Recently I was watching a report on the great dictators of this world and I remembered how lucky we were to live in a country where democracy and freedom of expression guide our governments, at least some. Indeed,

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I stand corrected

Dear Editor, Recently, I wrote about the Small Modular Nuclear Reactors and how the waste material would be actively dangerous for 100,000 years. I have been informed the design of those reactor units involves recycling of fissionable material after 25

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Moderna Vaccine

Dear Editor, In recent weeks, it was broadly advertised that those who were eligible for their second vaccine dose would be able to change existing appointments and indeed this was. . .

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A vote for good government

Canadian democracy is a quirky thing.  Under our first-past-the-post rules, it can seem to make sense to vote for a candidate you don’t really like in the hopes of. . .

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A letter from your (former) editor

By the time you’re reading this, I will no longer be employed at THE EQUITY. . . Two weeks ago I decided to step away from my duties as editor and let someone else take the lead in our small newsroom.

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“It’s over for the little guy’

Editor’s note: This editorial was first published in this paper on March 3 of this year, and is being republished because it’s still as relevant as ever. This past week News Media Canada, the lobbying group representing Canada’s print media,

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