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There is a groundswell among the political parties, a recognition that something is amiss with our electoral system.

If you have been told that you cannot cut down a tree in your yard, it may be because it is on the city’s right of way and is protected by the tree-removal bylaw. Yes, the city has a tree-removal bylaw. You can find it by visiting GreaterSudbury.

If there was ever a time to be a Rotarian, it is now. The Sudbury Chapter of Rotary Sunrisers were eager to open up the doors to welcome 42 other clubs to the 2015 District 7010 Conference on Sept. 10-13. The theme of the weekend was “Rotary.

This morning, like any other morning, people woke up and headed to work. An educator explaining how a seed ends up on your table as food. An aquaculturist checking their cages for damage.

Every day you wake up, you live a life constantly surrounded by people. Some of these people may be loved ones whom you know inside and out, but the vast majority of people that you encounter in your day-to-day life are complete strangers.

A little over month ago, I left everything that was familiar to me behind to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime journey that was sure to be a life-changing experience. I left my home town of Dowling and boarded a plane to Cuenca, Ecuador.

The Rotary District 7010 Conference for all Rotarians, inbound and rebound exchange students from our district came and went in a bittersweet blur of activities and emotions.

In the old days, if a man wanted to show what he believed, he stood up and he was counted. He stood with those who agreed with him and the more there were, the stronger they were. Sometimes a man stood alone, and that took a lot of guts.

There is a groundswell among the political parties, a recognition that something is amiss with our electoral system.

Do you know what a demonym is? What if I were to ask you to tell me what the term Torontonian meant? You’d probably be able to tell me that this term describes someone who lives or is from the city of Toronto, and that’s precisely what demonym means.