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I became interested in web-based communication in the Vale Inco strike while working part-time on a film shoot with a group of out-of-work miners. Working long shifts on the set, we had plenty of opportunity to talk.

Living in a house on locally-nicknamed “Snob Hill” in Creighton Mine in the 1960s was everything a family with two small children could hope for.

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light “ (Is 9.1).

Many of you have been following the saga of PET scanner access for Ontario and recently the odyssey of trying to get one home, here to Sudbury. The process has made me think of story from my past.

Christmas, as an adult, has always been a sad time for me, and I’ve never understood why. Of course, Christmas will never be like those of my childhood.

Response to Northern Life Dec. 7 article: “Comparing pensions? Take your money and run” In the Dec.

Since my Mom died, Christmas has been different. The first Christmas after her death I wished Christmas would just go away. Somehow, like the previews on a rental movie, I wish I could just fast forward to the opening credits of the New Year.

I decided to focus this column on why defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans are unrealistic models in the current de-leveraging economy.

On my way home from Toronto late last week, a polite young man approached me and asked if we could talk about the current labour disruption between Vale Inco and the United Steel Workers Local 6500. We had a good conversation.

Walking into the Librarie du Nouvel Ontario was a welcome relief from the chilly evening air. It seemed like any other night, where patrons sat around tables, chatting and drinking coffee.