Talk:Cambridge, Ontario

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This page http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2005/05/c7500.html says that Toyota employs 4,000 people? Not a big difference between 3,500, but I wonder if 4,000 is more accurate. I heard the plant expanded some time ago... dave 16:19, 21 August 2005 (UTC) hi you rock

I'm writing here to debate the towns nickname currently stated as "city of ghosts" on the citys wiki. I find that being a long time resident of Cambridge and its three down town cores that i can accuratelly portray this city. I recently on the eight of april, removed the City of ghosts reference and included a more accurate depiction of what the towns real nickname could be, which is such a silly thing in the first place. Someone then labeled my updates as "scum" and "unfounded", While i can say the exact same about the latter. As a long standing resident of cambridge ive been deeply involved with the community in many angles for quite some time. So i find it quite absurd to even give the town a quasi-offical nickname. That being said, i feel the reasons other users of the wiki may feel that City of ghosts is more appropiate than Crackbridge as a nickname to maintain the fruitful false-reality people seem to enjoy enveloping themselves in. Wikipedia is to provide unbiased fact instead of personal fullfilment that some people seem to be set on. I hope you folks can reconsider such a obvious mistake of judgement. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.93.39.18 (talk • contribs).

The whole ‘City of Ghosts’ thing seems dodgy enough to me as it is, but your ‘nickname’ is merely silly — can you provide references to support your view of the town? David Arthur 23:05, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Is it possible that the City of Ghosts comment was may have mistakenly been intended for Cambridge, UK? I know that there are books written on that topic. The only on line reference I could find regarding Cambridge as the 'City of Ghosts' was from a restaurant listing site - hardly a credible source. That being said, I hardly feel that 'crackbridge' is fair or accurate description of the city either. Might I suggest removing any text referring to either of these 'nicknames' until a more credible source can be found? --Ithinkhelikesit 22:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I was watching Jeopardy, and the question was "This city has the highest number of coffee shops per capita in all of Canada", The answer was "Cambridge, Ontario" of course. I have been there, and there are a LOT of coffee shops, but I haven't been able to find any documented proof of this claim. Anyone else have any ideas? --Dave S 21:26, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I've lived in Cambridge for 15 years and I know for sure it is the town with the most Tim Horton's coffee shops across Canada. I know of 14 locations within preston and Galt. That is not including Hespler. These three parts of town make up Cambridge. I was searching to see if there were any cemeteries that existed at any point in time around Blair Road (where I live). This is because I think my house is haunted. And then when I heard other people commenting on the "City of ghost" nickname, I started to get scared.

[edit] Update

I just updated the info box to meet the Canadian City Standard box. If anyone has access to a copy of the City's flag, that would be helpful. I am also having difficulty tracking down the City's motto, so its a "?" until I can. --Ithinkhelikesit 20:57, 5 July 2006 (UTC)