Guest Columns

Having attended the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, one of many similar events she’s attended as part of Citizens’ Climate International, Cathy Orlando explains what the conferences are all about, why their important and why she attends

Finn the Griffon is happy to celebrate the dawn of the new year at home, but he wonders what other folks have planned

On Dec. 28, former Northern Life columnist Erna de Burger-Fex and her husband, Alex, celebrate six decades of marriage. In this guest column, she shares the story of their wedding day and the life they built together

Finn the Griffon sees humans — well, one human in particular — making shopping lists, often forgetting them at home and usually coming back with more than was on the list. He wants to know: What’s the deal with that?

Dr. Laur O’Gorman is answering letters from readers this week, all about how to navigate the holidays and the obligatory family gatherings as a trans person

Originally published in 2020, Bruce Bell shares his memories of downtown Sudbury during the Christmas season in the late 1960s and early 1970s

Finn the Griffon met a Christmas bear and realized he wasn’t as large as he thought he was

Cathy Orlando is from Sudbury and the director of programs for Citizens’ Climate International; she’s just returned from Dubai, UAE where the latest UN conference on the climate was held until Dec. 12

Retired director of education, Norm Blaseg, digs into the standardized testing Ontario students undergo to discuss where it works, where it fails and how to make it actually useful

Young Greater Sudbury climate activist Sophia Mathur shares thoughts on the UN climate convention ongoing to Dec. 12 and encourages everyone to join the climate fight