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Column: Northerners want action on Ring of Fire

Column: Northerners want action on Ring of Fire

Northerners want action and real progress on the promising mega Ring of Fire project. We are fed up with government reannouncements of plans, hopes and meetings.
Column: Rotary students spreading goodwill

Column: Rotary students spreading goodwill

The Sunrisers, along with our sister club, the Rotary Club of Sudbury, continue to support peace and international understanding through education, and it is for this reason we are participating in Rotary’s Youth Exchange.
Column: Supporting United Way an opportunity for all -

Column: Supporting United Way an opportunity for all -

Yesterday, we officially launched the 2014 Campaign. Accepting the position as the 2014 Campaign Chair was both an honour and a privilege for me.
Column: Everything you ever wanted to know about Rotary (mostly)

Column: Everything you ever wanted to know about Rotary (mostly)

By way of introduction, we are the Rotary Club of Sudbury Sunrisers. We are part of a worldwide organization of more than 34,000 clubs made up of individuals who channel their passions into social causes that change lives and improve communities.
Summer blockbusters: Big booms and bad games

Summer blockbusters: Big booms and bad games

It's summertime, and for movies that means large men with large guns, causing large explosions. The film industry always takes advantage of the summer months to show their big guns.
The best gift card is a signed donation card

The best gift card is a signed donation card

My ten-inch head navigated the four-inch birth canal (who said God doesn’t have a sense of humour). My maternity moment created the calendar celebration of my birthdate on July 29.
The electric smart car has arrived

The electric smart car has arrived

I've just welcomed a recent addition to my personal carbon footprint protection plan. Smarty 2 is my new all electric Smart For Two car. What this means is that I no longer need to put an oil product in my car to make it run.

Column: MP supports voting reform

Last week I signed the politician’s pledge with Fair Vote Canada. It has been demonstrated so clearly that our “first-past-the-post” election rules serve neither democracy nor voters.
Column: Sudburian 'lost her heart' at Kenyan children's home

Column: Sudburian 'lost her heart' at Kenyan children's home

Not that she ever smiled at us. With the other children though, shy hand shakes quickly turned into boisterous laughter, requests for piggy back rides, hugs, group book reading, homework sessions, sing-a-longs and soccer games.
Column: Ontario Liberals can’t do math

Column: Ontario Liberals can’t do math

It’s going to be a record year, but not in a good way. In 2014 Greater Sudbury will have more water main breaks than ever before. Almost every day it seems we read about problems with the water system in one part of town or another.