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In last November's Ontario Speech from the Throne, the Liberals highlighted their commitment, "to improve the quality of life and expand economic opportunities for all Aboriginal peoples in our province, both on- and off-reserve.

The web has forever changed the way we search for information. In today's digitized world, most journalists, policy analysts, political leaders and the general public turn to the Internet as their first source for facts.

With such turmoil on global stock exchanges, one might wonder if Xstrata CEO Mick Davis and Vale CEO Roger Agnelli are trying to perform their proposed merger/takeover - difficult enough at the best of times - on the deck of a financial Titanic.

The two biggest mining stories of the year in Greater Sudbury were a booming economy and the exploding price of nickel. In 2007, Sudbury experienced a 20 percent rise in housing prices - the biggest increase in Ontario.

I am not a big fan of hedge funds. In my opinion, one of the main reasons why the original Inco/Falconbridge merger was not successful was a result of these "predatory financial carnivores.

"Our company has a strategic position in the trillion-dollar Sudbury Basin which by far, is the richest mining district in North America," observes Terry MacGibbon, executive chair of FNX Mining Company Inc.

When it comes to political parties and leaders I suffer from a severe case of "attention deficit disorder" or "buyer's remorse.

The McGuinty government's bear policies, which were inherited from Mike Harris' government are not based on wildlife science and are endangering the lives of northerners. Up to the week of Aug.

In 1969, professional women in the mining industry were few and far between. In fact, the Northern Miner found the subject so fascinating that it assigned Nean Allman, the newspaper's first female reporter and geologist on staff, to do a story.

Sudbury is the luckiest city in Ontario.