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Reporter’s notebook: Covering the 1980 Val d’Or mine tragedy

Reporter’s notebook: Covering the 1980 Val d’Or mine tragedy

The Belmoral gold mine in Val d’Or experienced a collapse that sent more than a million gallons of water, sediment and slime rushing into the underground workings — and claimed the life of eight miners. Sudbury.com reporter Len Gillis was a CFCL TV reporter in Timmins at the time and he recalls the day
Opinion: The double damage inflation is doing to food banks

Opinion: The double damage inflation is doing to food banks

Inflation is not only forcing more people to seek the help of a food bank, but rising costs are making it harder for food banks to keep up with rising demand, says the chair of the Inner-City Home of Sudbury
I Was Just Wondering: Are you into random acts of kindness?

I Was Just Wondering: Are you into random acts of kindness?

Finn sometimes uses kindness to get out of trouble, but he wonders how many people do nice things just for the sake of being nice
Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: How you can be an ally

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: How you can be an ally

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, so in honour of the event, our columnist on queer issues, Dr. Laur O’Gorman, describes ways you can support the LGBTQ+ people you know and even those you don’t
I Was Just Wondering: Do you have a lot of friends?

I Was Just Wondering: Do you have a lot of friends?

Finn the Griffon has toy friends, animal friends and human friends. What about you?
Opinion: I was there when Lightfoot cut his first album

Opinion: I was there when Lightfoot cut his first album

Writer Colin Hayward was at the Toronto coffee house the Village Corner one stormy winter night in 1962 when Gordon Lightfoot recorded his first album
I Was Just Wondering: Have you had a Near Death Experience?

I Was Just Wondering: Have you had a Near Death Experience?

Finn has a run-in with an emu
Opinion: Bullying of health-care workers has to stop

Opinion: Bullying of health-care workers has to stop

Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré has strong words for people who feel it is their right to harass and bully health-care workers, especially after their work during the pandemic
I Was Just Wondering: Are you one of those who sleep in the car?

I Was Just Wondering: Are you one of those who sleep in the car?

Finn the Griffon loves going for car rides, but whenever his mum hits a rumble strip it shakes his furry little self to high heaven
Opinion: City has great potential, if we seize opportunity

Opinion: City has great potential, if we seize opportunity

Mayor Paul Lefebvre offers further thoughts on his first state of the city address