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Calgary, you might have tuned into the screaming match between Canadian television stations and Canadian cable companies. Amazingly, they are fighting over local TV. It is an oxymoron in this country. Local used to mean locally owned.

Notwithstanding my recent upgrade from Boomer to Zoomer status (you know, 60 is the new 25), things still seem to happen like the olden days.

If you live in the newspaper business, an occupational hazard is called the “grip and grin.

So, is the United Steelworkers Local 6500 strike against Vale Inco in Sudbury sheer stupidity from a union unable to read the tea leaves of economic reality, the strength of its foe or the relative prosperity of the agreement it has on the table? Or,

"Growthnot" is a term for the much-hyped, once-upon-a-time Northern Ontario Growth Plan promoted by the province, which has been diligently crisscrossing the north interviewing, caucusing, conferencing, engaging with, and otherwise teasing northerner

Posted by Sudbury Northern Life Last month I wrote about the hollowing out of northern Ontario and the continuing deterioration of authority, influence and relevance in key sectors.

Posted by Sudbury Northern Life  I have written for years about the colonial aspects of living in rural Canada, most of that experience gained from my life in northern Ontario and my family history in Nova Scotia.

Posted by Sudbury Northern Life  Once a recession gets into full swing, it develops its own rhythm, like a good hockey game.

Posted by Sudbury Northern Life Several weeks ago, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure held an economic conference in Thunder Bay called the ThinkNorth Summit.

Posted by Greater Sudbury Northern Life “Are we there yet?” No. I just told you we are three hours away. Look at the beautiful scenery. “I’m bored.” Why don’t you read a book? “I get sick to my stomach when I read in the car.