Editorial

Using words like "toxic," "mind-blowing" and "paranoid," Robert Johnston dropped a bombshell last week. Johnston was Greater Sudbury's interim chief administrative officer from the beginning of May until the end of September.

We are within days of electing a new federal government in this great country of ours. Like you, we’ve been thinking about our vote very seriously for a considerable period of time.

If you’re NDP Leader Tom Mulcair or Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, you want the word “change” to be flashing like a strobe light in the minds of voters.

When we look back on the summer of 2015, many of us will recall it as the season of the bear. As city council was told last week, the city is No.

Unqualified support for Health Sciences North's plan for a pediatric treatment centre — a.k.a NEO Kids — in Greater Sudbury comes from every major hospital in Northern Ontario.

Sudbury and Northern Ontario were hotbeds of news last week. Truth and Reconciliation The Truth and Reconciliation Committee released its final report on the sad history of Canada's residential school system.

The mayor wants change. Councillors want change. The public voted for change.

Governing is as much about making decisions as it is about understanding the ramifications of those decisions and accounting for them.

It was during the height of the Mike Harris' Conservatives Common Sense Revolution in the 1990s that Ontario rolled out the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act.

Coming off a term marked by divisiness, it was refreshing to see Greater Sudbury's new city council work toward a common goal to pass its $514-million budget.