Re: P.E.I. Capital To Remove Macdonald Statue, June 1; Queen Latest Victim Of Cancel Culture; Reckoning with Egerton Ryerson’s Influence On Residential…
‘More people were involved than we would like to believe’ Re: Why so many children died at Indian Residential Schools , Tristin Hopper, May 29 I write from a position of sorrow, yet little surprise. As a Secwepemc person who walked the grounds as a guide in 1999 at the Secwepemc Museum, which is adjacent the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, I shared with visiting tourists the horrific stories of the school, including the numerous child.
‘More people were involved than we would like to believe’ Re: Why so many children died at Indian Residential Schools , Tristin Hopper, May 29 I write from a position of sorrow, yet little surprise. As a Secwepemc person who walked the grounds as a guide in 1999 at the Secwepemc Museum, which is adjacent the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, I shared with visiting tourists the horrific stories of the school, including the numerous child.
Try refreshing your browser, or Today s letters: Can we put the fun back into Ottawa? Back to video
Ottawa originally was a fun place when it was a roughhousing, rowdy and drinking lumber town. For the most part, the city was artificially created when it became the country’s capital. It wasn’t meant to be a Montreal, Toronto, New York, Vancouver, London, or Paris.
Many of the world’s great capitals, especially in Europe, are state and business capitals combined. The main issue with Ottawa is that the majority of its population now lives 30 minutes from its core, so in the evening the air is suddenly deflated, and people return to their ‘burbs. Having more cafés open year-around, with longer hours, could bring people back downtown. Opening up the canal stretch with cafés and restaurants, like the River Walk in San Antonio, would also work. In Washington, DC, many museums are free.
Try refreshing your browser, or Today s letters: Who s responsible for Ottawa s hospital bed shortage? Back to video
Every day we read about the serious shortage of hospital space in today’s Ottawa. And now another expansion is planned. What is the real cause of today’s hospital room shortages?
It is because of decisions during the 1990s by some bright-minded politicians to close several hospitals in Ottawa and other cities. And as usual, politicians are never, ever accountable for making wrong decisions.
During the 1990s, Ontario’s Health Services Restructuring Commission wanted three of Ottawa’s hospitals closed. Those were the Riverside Hospital, the Salvation Army Grace Hospital and the Montfort Hospital. (Also closed in Ottawa is the military hospital on Alta Vista Avenue.)