Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, That is a great story on Shawville’s proposed new slaughterhouse. Since the owner [Sofiane El ketroussi] said, “The Halal market is only a niche, it’s not a Halal slaughterhouse,”I have one question. Can I have my hogs slaughtered

Dear Editor, I appreciated the thoughtful editorial by Caleb Nickerson entitled “Bill C-71: Sensible for the most part” published in last week’s EQUITY. While Canada is one of the safest countries in the world, the reality is that gun crime

Dear Editor, In a clear attempt to avoid public scrutiny, just before the Easter weekend the CNSC gave a consortium of multinational corporations based in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, an unprecedented 10-year license to run the Chalk River Laboratories.

Dear Editor, Canadians in Eastern Canada are waking up this week to the specter of a gargantuan mound of radioactive waste beside the Ottawa River that could threaten their drinking water. On March 25, the Radio Canada TV science program

This is a copy of a letter forwarded to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and Pontiac M. P. Will Amos Dear Sirs, It is with horror that I read that the Canadian Liberal Government is now promoting Nuclear Energy as

Dear Editor, May I through this opinion page be allowed to voice my opinion on the modern practices in our schools? It seems whenever children get into trouble, ie. physically fighting each other they are handing a suspension which to

Dear Editor, Thank you Chris. I am so grateful that voices are starting to rise against this insanity of changing our clocks back and forth throughout the year. Why do we ignore the natural patterns of daylight and nighttime? Let’s

Dear Editor Am I correct in assuming that hogs cannot be slaughtered in Shawville’s new abattoir because of Muslim religious reasons? (THE EQUITY, Feb. 28) If I was a hog and pork producer who grew up in the Pontiac, you

Dear Editor, In response to Todd Hoffman’s well-researched letter I would like to respond to his comments. First, I would like to thank Mr. Hoffman for raising many important facts and issues. The terrazzo tile figurehead of Chief Pontiac-Ottawa Chief

Dear Editor, Last Wednesday afternoon, we noticed our beloved black lab Mia was not well. Even the word walk meant nothing which was very unusual as it normally starts a series of barking and begging. By evening she was having