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Editorial: As mandates fall, personal responsibility rises

Editorial: As mandates fall, personal responsibility rises

Governments have begun dropping pandemic mandates, but does that mean life can return to normal? No, it means the definition of normal must change
Editorial: Spectre of massive debt hangs over Greater Sudbury

Editorial: Spectre of massive debt hangs over Greater Sudbury

The city’s debt burden has grown by more than 1,700% in eight years and while the amount owed is huge,  economists say despite the big number, the Nickel City’s finances are secure
Editorial: Are we becoming an uncivil society?

Editorial: Are we becoming an uncivil society?

How can we continue to be a civil society if we cannot respect our opponents enough to disagree respectfully? 
Editorial: No option but to remove councillor from police board

Editorial: No option but to remove councillor from police board

Greater Sudbury city council does not often agree on much, but the motion to oust Ward 2 Coun. Michael Vagnini from the Police Services Board brought them together
Editorial: When it comes to the warming centre, good intentions aren’t enough

Editorial: When it comes to the warming centre, good intentions aren’t enough

Ontario as a whole needs a co-ordinated effort to tackle homelessness, but in the meantime, Greater Sudbury needs to address issues raised about the downtown warming centre
Editorial: Greater Sudbury deserves better than what this council is delivering

Editorial: Greater Sudbury deserves better than what this council is delivering

Intransigence, partisanship, politicking, grandstanding, these are not the qualities of a healthy, effective city council
Editorial: The watchdog can’t become the lapdog

Editorial: The watchdog can’t become the lapdog

It has become increasingly common, especially during the pandemic, for institutions to issue statements rather than grant interviews — and it’s a trend that must not become the norm
Editorial: City airing its dirty laundry in public is an embarrassment

Editorial: City airing its dirty laundry in public is an embarrassment

Public dispute between city’s CAO and a city councillor should never have been allowed to go this far
Editorial: The painful but necessary reckoning of Laurentian University

Editorial: The painful but necessary reckoning of Laurentian University

The university needs to change and the creditor protection process is the best avenue to give it new life
Editorial: Amberwood outbreak brings reality of pandemic to Sudbury

Editorial: Amberwood outbreak brings reality of pandemic to Sudbury

Too many people still doubt the seriousness of the pandemic; the deaths at the Amberwood Suites retirement community should give them pause