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Kirwan: Any dysfunction with city council can be blamed on anti-KED ‘radicals’

Kirwan: Any dysfunction with city council can be blamed on anti-KED ‘radicals’

‘The next time any of the political radicals try to convince you that this council is dysfunctional and divisive, take a good look at the misinformation they are trying to get you to believe’
Opinion: KED project seems a case of ‘misguided enthusiasm turned catastrophe’

Opinion: KED project seems a case of ‘misguided enthusiasm turned catastrophe’

Co-chair of Downtown Sudbury BIA argues an arena project in Medicine Hat, Alta. offers a valuable perspective on the Kingsway Entertainment District
Opinion: Facing two monsters in 2022, COVID-19 and climate change

Opinion: Facing two monsters in 2022, COVID-19 and climate change

Sudbury climate activist Cathy Orlando asks: Are you ready to face 2022? In 2022, we must face the COVID and climate monsters that we have collectively unleashed
Downtown memories: A Christmas stroll down Durham during downtown Sudbury’s heyday

Downtown memories: A Christmas stroll down Durham during downtown Sudbury’s heyday

Bruce Bell recycles and expands a column he wrote a year ago about his reminiscences of the downtown core in the late ’60s and early ’70s
Opinion: City budget was aligned to meet community’s priorities

Opinion: City budget was aligned to meet community’s priorities

City councillors Deb McIntosh (Ward 9) and Mike Jakubo (Ward 7) issue joint op-ed on the decisions that led to Greater Sudbury’s 2022 budget
Opinion: Laurentian U. cuts and the precarious state of music education

Opinion: Laurentian U. cuts and the precarious state of music education

Termination of the music program at Laurentian University ‘is devastating to the cultural fabric of our community and leaves a future that is regretfully uncertain’
Opinion: Decades of questionable decisions led Laurentian University into this mess

Opinion: Decades of questionable decisions led Laurentian University into this mess

Dr. Douglas Goldsack, an emeritus professor and a former dean of Science and Engineering at Laurentian, shares his thoughts on how the school ended up in an insolvency position
Grow up here: The Global Gardens N’Swakamok/Sudbury has a successful first growing season

Grow up here: The Global Gardens N’Swakamok/Sudbury has a successful first growing season

‘With N’Swakamok/Sudbury becoming more and more of an international city, we are seeing the emergence of cuisine and small grocery stores reflecting the food cultures of the diversifying population’
Opinion: Laurentian president needs to get serious about preserving French-language education

Opinion: Laurentian president needs to get serious about preserving French-language education

The stats don’t support LU president Dr. Robert Haché’s contention the university ‘is still strong’ and it’s time for the university administration to realize this and act accordingly, says Carol Jolin, president of the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario 
Happy anniversary, Dieter and Judith! An ode to a 60-year partnership

Happy anniversary, Dieter and Judith! An ode to a 60-year partnership

Dieter Buse normally writes about history for Sudbury.com, but today, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of his marriage, he has penned an ode to his life-long love affair with his wife, Judith