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West: Affordability crisis should concern everyone

West: Affordability crisis should concern everyone

‘While the cost of everything goes up, Ontarians are struggling to keep up with the bills and pay for basics like gas and groceries’
Column: Getting ready to celebrate the Indie’s 10th birthday

Column: Getting ready to celebrate the Indie’s 10th birthday

Beth Mairs, the founder and lead programmer of the Sudbury Independent Cinema Co-op, shares some of the history of the Northeast’s only arthouse theatre as its 10th year dawns
Collins: Think the grocery stores will offer meat financing?

Collins: Think the grocery stores will offer meat financing?

Wayne G. Collins loves gnawing on a piece of meat, but the price is enough to have him considering other options (but not that seriously, really)
I Was Just Wondering: How do you pick your dating app photo?

I Was Just Wondering: How do you pick your dating app photo?

Finn the Griffon is considering hitting the dating scene and is looking for some advice on how to choose the best photo of himself to garner the most attention
Opinion: New Year’s Message for Sudbury city council

Opinion: New Year’s Message for Sudbury city council

Local activist John Lindsay shares some thoughts, opinions and advice for the city’s new municipal council
I Was Just Wondering: Did you have a Merry Christmas?

I Was Just Wondering: Did you have a Merry Christmas?

Finn the Griffon wishes you all the best of the season
Opinion: A followup letter to Santa, 50 years later

Opinion: A followup letter to Santa, 50 years later

Former Guelph Mercury reporter Wayne G. Collins decides to mend some fences with Christmas’ chief elf
Bruce Bell: Memories of Christmas in downtown Sudbury

Bruce Bell: Memories of Christmas in downtown Sudbury

This column by Bruce Bell on his memories of downtown Sudbury in the late 1960s and early 1970s was so popular last year, we’re bringing it back
Opinion: An update from Sudbury’s Indie Cinema

Opinion: An update from Sudbury’s Indie Cinema

The first not-for-profit independent cinema in the northeast had a solid year despite navigating pandemic closures
I Was Just Wondering: Do you prefer the stars or the moon?

I Was Just Wondering: Do you prefer the stars or the moon?

Finn’s curious about this because the moon seems to have a unique effect on his favourite person