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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
Editorial: What is the ultimate goal of our homelessness initiatives?

Editorial: What is the ultimate goal of our homelessness initiatives?

The city’s Downtown Task Team aims to tackle Greater Sudbury’s homelessness issue but how it plans to get there remains to be seen
Editorial: We have to stop forcing police to serve as our psychiatrists

Editorial: We have to stop forcing police to serve as our psychiatrists

Because Canada doesn’t adequately fund mental health services, police have become the stopgap for our failure to provide proper care