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Opinion: Outside the ‘Blackened Horseshoe,’ Sudbury District has always been a sea of green

Opinion: Outside the ‘Blackened Horseshoe,’ Sudbury District has always been a sea of green

Given Sudbury’s reputation as a blackened and ruined landscape, why would anyone have chosen to live here? Because, says historian Dieter Buse, that reputation is only partially deserved
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Opinion: McEwen School of Architecture at Laurentian is a Sudbury success story

Opinion: McEwen School of Architecture at Laurentian is a Sudbury success story

The founding director, Dr. Terrance Galvin, and an early proponent, Dr. David Robinson, write that the downtown architecture school is a true Greater Sudbury community project
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Downtown of yesteryear: Good enough for the queen, the Nickel Range was once the first name in northern luxury

Downtown of yesteryear: Good enough for the queen, the Nickel Range was once the first name in northern luxury

Our favourite chronicler of downtown Sudbury’s past, Bruce Bell, is back and this time he’s leading us on a stroll through the iconic Nickel Range Hotel, where a king, a queen and a Hemingway all rested their weary heads
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Opinion: Universities are dying while businesses are being bailed out by government

Opinion: Universities are dying while businesses are being bailed out by government

Laurentian University professor Dr. Reuben Roth says not only does Ontario need to overhaul how it funds universities, but the CCAA process needs to be reformed or scrapped entirely for all the destruction it has caused to working people
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Opinion: A eulogy for Mick Lowe, the journalist we needed

Opinion: A eulogy for Mick Lowe, the journalist we needed

‘His advocacy journalism alerted readers to a perspective that was often missing and enabled them to see all sides of the problem’
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Historical perspective: Distance learning in one form or another was once quite common in the North and beyond

Historical perspective: Distance learning in one form or another was once quite common in the North and beyond

He’s enlightened us on home delivery of groceries and working from home, now Historian Dieter K. Buse is back with another historical perspective, this time on education in the North
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Opinion: Governments must step in to help save Laurentian, city councillor says

Opinion: Governments must step in to help save Laurentian, city councillor says

‘We cannot simply accept the first restructuring proposal delivered to this community,” says Ward 1 Coun. Mark Signoretti
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Opinion: There are silver linings to the pandemic, if you just know where to look

Opinion: There are silver linings to the pandemic, if you just know where to look

Geoffrey Lougheed said even in dark times like these, the ‘light of human kindness’ shines through
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Opinion: Creating a standalone French university could be good for Laurentian

Opinion: Creating a standalone French university could be good for Laurentian

Columnist Réjean Grenier argues that Laurentian University hasn’t lived up to its tricultural mandate, and creating a new French-only institution could be a boon for the school and for students who want to learn in French
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Opinion: Massive administrative staff a good place to start for LU streamlining

Opinion: Massive administrative staff a good place to start for LU streamlining

If Laurentian needs to streamline, instead of gutting programs, retired professor Dieter K. Buse says the growth in administrative staff over the past 20 years is the place to start
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