Archive 1997-2016
Chris Davies of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) contends there “was never any intent on our part to shut down the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre”.
In fact, the MNR carried out a very deliberate campaign to shut down the Wildlife Centre, which will leave area residents without any help for orphaned or injured wildlife this spring.
Item 1. “Comment” page 4. I started biking again seriously at age 51 after my car was wrecked. That was in 1985. I have not replaced the car — I bike year round and I deplore those cyclists who drive as if they owned not only the road but the sidewalks as well. I support any action the police see fit to take – in fact I would like to see more action on their part.
I cannot sit idly by without commenting on your front-page article about the Ottawa Senators. (Oct. 25)
If you cannot afford to buy Sens tickets, fine. I get that. I’m not a season’s ticket holder either, although I would like to be. I just can’t afford it. Though I will be going to some games through the odd initiative, as in the bus from the bar, or the soccer team outing, I wish I was doing more. I love the Sens, and it would really disgust me if we lost them.
Your Oct. 11 editorial blames the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board for cutting special education programs and placing many special needs students in regular classrooms without appropriate support. It also says that the board betrayed a promise not to make cuts this year.