Editorial

Greater Sudbury is a little less great today than it was before the evening of Dec. 16. This city has lost one of its best citizens.

By all accounts, tonight’s meeting of Greater Sudbury city council will be standing room only.

With two weeks to go before Ontario Ombudsman André Marin makes his fence-mending Dec. 11 visit, Greater Sudbury city councillors are debating whether to part ways with the brash municipal watchdog.

If the city is going to be able to take full advantage of the current healthy economic times it finds itself in, Greater Sudbury’s elected officials are going to have to set aside their personal differences and get down to the business of governing.

There was far too much sabre-rattling and trench-digging on both sides of the table when Ontario Ombudsman André Marin sent three investigators to look into the legality of four closed door meetings of Greater Sudbury city council.

Last week was a big one for Greater Sudbury Auditor General Brian Bigger.

David Lavigne’s story, tragically, is probably not unique. Northern Life brought you the sad history of Lavigne’s battle against cancer, and his battle against homelessness, in our July 19 edition.

After months of controversy over the individual funds Greater Sudbury city councillors can spend in their wards, the new policy concerning the so-called “Health Community Initiative” funds, introduced by council last week, promises a bit more oversig

Some things are worth protecting. And the ancient red pine forest that is the Wolf Lake Forest Reserve is one of them.

Accountability. Transparency. Efficiency. These are the principles by which governments, municipal or otherwise, must operate.