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November 19, 2025

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Back to school

It’s that time of year again, time to pack your offspring on a big yellow bus and hope that for the duration of the day

An open letter to Minister Pierre Dufour

Dear Minister, This is to inform you that a group of retired business people, of forestry equipment entrepreneurs, of labourers, of small businesses and store

Not the sharpest Toole

If this column seems more disjointed and meandering than usual, it’s because I made the mistake of watching the finale of the Conservative Party’s leadership

Solidarity Cooperative of the Coulonge River

Dear Editor, Together we can improve the future for the entire population of MRC Pontiac. This provisional volunteer committee is composed of businessmen, retirees, forestry

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

Back to school

It’s that time of year again, time to pack your offspring on a big yellow bus and hope that for the duration of the day that they are learning something. With everything that’s been going on for these past few

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An open letter to Minister Pierre Dufour

Dear Minister, This is to inform you that a group of retired business people, of forestry equipment entrepreneurs, of labourers, of small businesses and store owners of the Pontiac, and also private investors are interested in founding a coop which

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Not the sharpest Toole

If this column seems more disjointed and meandering than usual, it’s because I made the mistake of watching the finale of the Conservative Party’s leadership race and I am currently running on fumes. Originally scheduled to start early Sunday evening,

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Solidarity Cooperative of the Coulonge River

Dear Editor, Together we can improve the future for the entire population of MRC Pontiac. This provisional volunteer committee is composed of businessmen, retirees, forestry entrepreneurs, contractors and people with experience in sawmills and forestry operations. We strongly believe that

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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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