Category: Letters

Ottawa’s new drug treatment program is no “easy ride,” said Ontario Court Justice Peter Wright in an interview with Centretown News.

Gaybourhood vision ‘unnecessary’

Re: ‘Gaybourhood’ vision unveiled, Feb. 24

I was very dissapointed to read the above article.

The proposal is to make an openly advertised “gay” neighbourhood on Bank Street between Laurier and Gladstone with gay signage and other openly gay decorations. read more

Fuel-saving technologies waiting in wings

Re: Ottawa tries to prepare for day when world runs out of oil, Feb. 10.

Reading Kristen Everson’s article about the Ottawa-Gatineau Peak Oil Forum, I can’t tell if only she or also the event participants know nothing about the status and availability of subsitutes for oil. read more

‘Big Brother’ not welcome

Re: Stop trashing compost, Jan. 27

In response to Anne McEwen, I find myself wondering if Ottawa can “join the club” in a non-aggressive creative fashion.

I have been long a proponent of recycling and composting and am thought by some to go to extreme lengths to keep food wastes out of landfills. read more