Today's letters: Proposed development could hurt Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm

On Aug. 16, the city's planning and housing committee will consider and likely approve a redevelopment at 1081 Carling Ave. (corner Parkdale and Carling avenues) with two high-rise towers — one at 16-storeys, the other at 27-storeys — to replace an eight-storey building currently on that corner. An approval of the 1081 Carling development proposal will set the precedent for the height of buildings permitted around the edges of the Central Experimental Farm. Read More