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Dear Editor, As I walk past the CAP building on my way to the Pontiac Museum, I notice that the roof is covered with solar panels. Solar panels can be of the type that generates electrical power, or they can be the type that heats water. They are two completely different set ups, and the solar-voltaic (electrical) type are much more common, so I’m guessing that’s what they are. It’s quite an array, so if/when there is a power outage, that building can continue its operations, and nobody gets hurt.

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Our sympathies with the Kingdon family on the loss of Robert on June 23, at the age of 85. Our condolences to the Hodgins and Draper families on the loss of Terry-Lyn on June 29, at the age of 65. Our thoughts and prayers for the Potvin family on the loss of Earle on June 29, at the age of 90. Dr. Potvin was a beloved surgeon in our community. Our condolences to the Thoms family on the loss of Roy on June 29, at the age of 91.

It was such a fun week in Quyon, with so many activities and events going on. On Tuesday, the Quyon Community Association put on a fantastic Canada Day parade, with many vibrant and festive entries taking part. It was wonderful to once again see the Ottawa Caledonian Pipes & Drums band leading the parade, and then a fabulous turn-out of local community groups, businesses, and families following along the parade route.

THE EQUITY is pleased to announce Bristol native Reese Rusenstrom will be joining the team this summer as a marketing intern. Reese has just completed the first of two years of the Business Management program at Olds College in Alberta, where she says she’s developed a strong interest in marketing and communications, one that began while running her own farm business.

Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal, CBC News reported. The facility, which takes roughly a third of Montreal’s trash, is the province’s largest and received emergency approval on June 30 to accept 1.2 million tonnes more waste, to be piled higher rather than enlarging its existing footprint.

Dad died when I was quite young (19), but dad taught me many basic rules in life, like to never take advantage of someone who doesn’t understand, and when you fix anything, take a little time and to do it right the first time, or you will keep patching and patching forever.

Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat wave. Some people didn’t know how to swim. In some places, swimming wasn’t safe. When imagining the desperation that would have led people to take these risks, the image of buffalos being run off a cliff comes to mind – a large, anxious crowd trying to save their lives but in the panic of the moment, jumping to their deaths.

This past week, we were in a severe heat wave. Some days, the temperature was 45 with the humidex. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we experienced severe thunderstorms with torrential rainfall and very strong winds. We lost power on Tuesday night into the wee hours of Wednesday morning and again Wednesday afternoon ‘til Thursday morning. There were trees down and some damage, but luckily no one was injured.

A new family farm has sprouted just outside of Campbell’s Bay, where its two owners are trying to bring local food to the Pontiac. Behind Innishill Farm are a young couple, Scott and Eryn Brown, who moved to the Pontiac three years ago from Southern Ontario to start a new life with their two daughters. On their property the pair are already raising pastured-raised pork, chickens (for meat and eggs) and vegetables.