Guest Columns

Bruce Bell delivers the third part of his three-part series on downtown Sudbury in the hippy era, complete with outlaw bikers, the city’s ‘cool’ youth hostel and the days when Elgin Street was sinister

Nickel City artist’s goal of painting in the open air for a total of 365 days nears its end

Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre says the Timmins-James Bay MP is misleading the public about local MPs’ response to the university’s financial crisis

Among the recommendations from the Northern Policy Institute are providing more resources for municipalities and better engagement with employers and the public

Sudbury’s former poet laureate, Kim Fahner, shares her love for the university’s extensive greenspaces, and her concern for what might happen if pieces of it are sold off to appease the school’s creditors

The province needs universities for English, French and Indigenous learners, and Sudbury is the place to do that

Sudbury was ‘a wild and happening place’ in the 1960s and our downtown historian casts his gaze back on the turbulent end of that decade 

Improvements to winter sidewalk maintenance is essential so that residents can meet their daily needs, move about safely, take care of their mental and physical health, and simply live their lives, Greater Sudbury Safer Sidewalks reports 

When winter sidewalks limit independence, cause fear of falling or injuries, and keep people housebound, residents’ mental and physical health are deeply affected, Greater Sudbury Safer Sidewalks says

Respondents to a survey from the Greater Sudbury Safer Sidewalks grassroots group felt inadequate sidewalk clearing forces them to stay home during the winter for their own safety