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The Soapbox

A rotating stable of community members share their thoughts on anything and everything, the only criteria being that it be thought-provoking. Got something on your mind to share with readers in Greater Sudbury? Climb aboard our Soapbox and have your say. Send material or pitches to [email protected].  

TheSoapbox: An insider’s stroll through Sudbury’s downtown Woolworth’s in the late 1960s

TheSoapbox: An insider’s stroll through Sudbury’s downtown Woolworth’s in the late 1960s

Sudbury resident and former Woolworth’s employee Larry Lemieux wanders through his memories as he takes a walk through Woolworth’s nearly 60 years ago
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TheSoapbox: The most glorious words in a child’s vocabulary, Snow Day!

TheSoapbox: The most glorious words in a child’s vocabulary, Snow Day!

Tara-Lee Lecours sounds a little tired of winter but she is warmed by the memory of snow days past
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Opinion: Gélinas' bill on vaping misses the point

Opinion: Gélinas' bill on vaping misses the point

Nickel Belt MPP’s Vaping Is Not For Kids bill will only make it harder for smokers to transition to vaping and finally quit tobacco, while doing little to keep them out of the hands of children
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Opinion: Ministry’s incompetent effort to save caribou could have the opposite effect

Opinion: Ministry’s incompetent effort to save caribou could have the opposite effect

‘It may be a fool’s errand trying to stop change, but for caribou, such beautiful and enigmatic animals, it is absolutely worth trying — if it can be done wisely and effectively and without interference from those charged under law to protect them’
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TheSoapbox: Valentine’s Day and memories kept in heart-shaped things

TheSoapbox: Valentine’s Day and memories kept in heart-shaped things

Tara-Lee Lecours shares several heart-warming memories of Feb. 14
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Bruce Bell memories: Remembering the Capitol Theatre, Sudbury’s most lavish movie palace

Bruce Bell memories: Remembering the Capitol Theatre, Sudbury’s most lavish movie palace

The lavish movie palaces of yesteryear are gone now, but if you know where to look you can still see their remnants today
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#TheSoapbox: There’s plenty of money in the system to fix health care, we’re just spending it poorly

#TheSoapbox: There’s plenty of money in the system to fix health care, we’re just spending it poorly

The problems in our long-term care system that the pandemic brought to the fore were longstanding and predate COVID-19. A Sudbury physician says there is no lack of money to make the system work better, successive provincial governments have just done a terrible job of spending those funds
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Opinion: Do ministry staff read their own legislation? Dwindling moose, caribou numbers suggest not

Opinion: Do ministry staff read their own legislation? Dwindling moose, caribou numbers suggest not

Government wildlife management documents are chock full of words like “sustainability” and “biodiversity”, but the government ministries responsible for turning those words into action can’t seem to live up to the spirit of the legislation, retired moose biologist writes
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#TheSoapbox: Icicles, a winter drive and the magic of simple things

#TheSoapbox: Icicles, a winter drive and the magic of simple things

A winter drive inspires Sudbury writer Tara-Lee Lecours to ponder the beauty of icicles and the reminder of the sometimes wonderful naivete of youth
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#TheSoapbox: Homelessness can happen to anyone and it’s about to happen to me

#TheSoapbox: Homelessness can happen to anyone and it’s about to happen to me

After an illness reduced a Sudbury family from a two-income household to a single one and bills began piling up, the threat of imminent homelessness looms and now seem unavoidable
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