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Letters to the Editor


LETTER: Rules for homeless don't seem to be consistent

LETTER: Rules for homeless don't seem to be consistent

Adequate housing must be found to keep the already-too-large population of homeless from growing further, writes reader Ted Kewley.
LETTER: New distribution warehouse a 'concrete monolith'

LETTER: New distribution warehouse a 'concrete monolith'

'Residents should be compensated handsomely by the city and Amazon for the very undesirable situation they now find themselves in', reader says
LETTER: City should replace bridges in Mill Race Park

LETTER: City should replace bridges in Mill Race Park

'Not maintaining what you have built is the wrong thing to do'
LETTER: Residents not informed on gravel pit applications

LETTER: Residents not informed on gravel pit applications

Getting this information to Cambridge residents seems to be an afterthought, reader laments
LETTER Significance of Forbes Park bandshell can't be overlooked

LETTER Significance of Forbes Park bandshell can't be overlooked

To suggest the bandshell has no significance shows a lack of respect for our fallen soldiers, says letter writer
LETTER: $4.5 billion for LRT expansion into Cambridge unjustifiable

LETTER: $4.5 billion for LRT expansion into Cambridge unjustifiable

'Better bus transit routes will be what reduces our carbon footprint – not an LRT route that has only one route and is unpredictable in winter,' letter writer says
LETTER: LRT extension needed, despite rising costs

LETTER: LRT extension needed, despite rising costs

'I have yet to see in my lifetime, anything done for government, from the municipal level to the federal, that has ever been done at the original cost agreed upon'
LETTER: Region could do so much more to lower property taxes

LETTER: Region could do so much more to lower property taxes

'Where are we travelling for $2.7 million in the age of Zoom?'
LETTER: Speed River dam has run its course

LETTER: Speed River dam has run its course

Low head dams are part of 'settler heritage' but are past their best-before dates
LETTER: Snow and ice covered sidewalk ignored by city

LETTER: Snow and ice covered sidewalk ignored by city

'It is laughable that private residents are required to clear snow from sidewalks within 36 hours, but this property which is owned by either the city, region or school board can be ignored even after a complaint was filed,' writes David Graham