An incident involving two 125-year-old maple trees in Centretown has brought attention to the City of Ottawa’s practices for removing public trees.
City searching for clear-cut tree policy
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Letters for February 25, 2005
Condo criticism ‘over the top’
It’s been a while since an opinion piece has made me laugh out loud and seethe with frustration at the same time, but Tia Goldenberg’s delusion that condos are “stripping Ottawa of its charm” is simply over the top.
Her assertions are both short-sighted and misleading because she fails to recognize how short-term construction inconveniences lead to long-term benefits for local businesses and our broader community.
Frigid temperatures don’t deter winter runners
One can easily imagine 36-year-old Alan Simpson standing at his front door on a frigid, February day.
SOAPBOX by Janelle Brennand—Comparing same-sex unions to polygamy is insulting
The comparison is almost laughable, if it weren’t such an obvious — and possibly successful — attempt by Harper to drum up last-minute support for the traditional definition of marriage, which is currently being challenged by Bill C-38’s same-sex marriage legislation.