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February 25, 2026

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Opinion

Pulling in the same direction

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

Keeping progressive Canadian values in mind

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

Insulting campaign

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

Things have changed

Dear Editor, A long time ago – in the early ‘60s – I lived in Shawville. My father, Dr. Roly Armitage, along with Mickey Hodgins

Municipal elections matter

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

When less would be more

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

Character assassination

Dear Editor, As the current Warden of the Pontiac and a candidate for re-election, I feel compelled to respond to a recent letter published in

Summer’s end

Dear Editor, “Summer’s end, around the bend is flying . . . ” sang John Prine. Yes, folks, there it goes, taking all of us

Pulling in the same direction

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

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Keeping progressive Canadian values in mind

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

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Insulting campaign

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.

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Things have changed

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

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Municipal elections matter

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

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Let’s still talk about what we can become

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

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When less would be more

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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Character assassination

Dear Editor, As the current Warden of the Pontiac and a candidate for re-election, I feel compelled to respond to a recent letter published in THE EQUITY that contains serious and misleading allegations about my conduct and leadership. The author

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Summer’s end

Dear Editor, “Summer’s end, around the bend is flying . . . ” sang John Prine. Yes, folks, there it goes, taking all of us along for the ride. We have wanna-dos and gotta-dos. Those whose wanna and gotta lists

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