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May 14, 2026

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Opinion

Let’s do our part

Dear Editor, In 2008, the provincial government passed a bill entitled, Environment Quality Act, the purpose of which was to make public the government policy

Manufactured outrage

Quebec’s language police published a report last week that gasp people are speaking English on the job in La Belle Province. The Office of the

Masks off

Well it looks likes things are returning to normal. Local councils are holding in-person meetings, the Leafs didn’t qualify for the playoffs and protesters are

WE to me

Though the last time the WE Charity saga was discussed in these columns was only a few short weeks ago, so much has changed. What

Co-operating

Dear Editor, To the frustrated person who spray painted messages on the bike path, I feel your pain and frustration, but I remain unconvinced by

Gatineau Park

Dear Editor, I think this letter would be of interest to your readers. Over the last months, Gatineau Park has attracted wide attention from citizens,

Idiot or coward

Dear Editor, Whoever defaced the sign for the PPJ Trail is an idiot or a coward.

Logging off

Most weeks I feel like writing an editorial. This was not one of them. As much of an exciting challenge it is to form ideas

Mask up

Even days ago, it was pretty obvious what the topic of this week’s editorial would be. If you left the house and entered a public

It came from the 5th dimension

Dear Editor, Every conversation these days comes to be about the Coronavirus, and how our lives have been altered, out of deference for its dangers.

Let’s do our part

Dear Editor, In 2008, the provincial government passed a bill entitled, Environment Quality Act, the purpose of which was to make public the government policy on residual materials management. According to section 7.4 of section 53.4 (chapter 2) called .

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Manufactured outrage

Quebec’s language police published a report last week that gasp people are speaking English on the job in La Belle Province. The Office of the French Language released the 75-page document, which they commissioned from the Institut de la statistique

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Masks off

Well it looks likes things are returning to normal. Local councils are holding in-person meetings, the Leafs didn’t qualify for the playoffs and protesters are clogging the streets of Montreal. Thousands of people gathered in this province’s most populous city

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WE to me

Though the last time the WE Charity saga was discussed in these columns was only a few short weeks ago, so much has changed. What originally looked like your run-of-the-mill bit of favouritism towards a charity group that provided a

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Co-operating

Dear Editor, To the frustrated person who spray painted messages on the bike path, I feel your pain and frustration, but I remain unconvinced by your manner of argument. I believe COVID-19 is . . .

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Gatineau Park

Dear Editor, I think this letter would be of interest to your readers. Over the last months, Gatineau Park has attracted wide attention from citizens, wilderness groups and parliamentarians — which gives hope to all those who care about its

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Logging off

Most weeks I feel like writing an editorial. This was not one of them. As much of an exciting challenge it is to form ideas and arguments to then throw them out into the void, there are some weeks when

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Mask up

Even days ago, it was pretty obvious what the topic of this week’s editorial would be. If you left the house and entered a public space this weekend, you were obliged by provincial decree to cover your face with some

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It came from the 5th dimension

Dear Editor, Every conversation these days comes to be about the Coronavirus, and how our lives have been altered, out of deference for its dangers. If you’re one of those who doesn’t believe in the reality of COVID then you

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