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Then & Now: Sacrificed to modernity, the sad end of Sudbury's historic post office

Then & Now: Sacrificed to modernity, the sad end of Sudbury's historic post office

The Nickel City once had an architectural jewel of a post office downtown that was razed in 1959 to make room for a Woolworth’s
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<updated>Then and Now: </updated>Looking back at STC’s beginnings nearly a half-century ago

Then and Now: Looking back at STC’s beginnings nearly a half-century ago

A book about the Sudbury theatre company is coming out next month
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<updated>Then and Now: </updated>Son of Sudbury pioneer first Jewish player in NHL

Then and Now: Son of Sudbury pioneer first Jewish player in NHL

Signed in 1924 by the Montreal Maroons, Samuel Rothschild was with the NHL until 1928, even winning a Stanley Cup
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Then & Now: Sudbury’s (failed) 1974 experiment with a pedestrian mall

Then & Now: Sudbury’s (failed) 1974 experiment with a pedestrian mall

In a bid to fight back against the rise of shopping malls, Sudbury created the ‘Durham Street Mall’ between Larch and Elgin Streets; it didn’t go well. That said, pedestrian malls may be enjoying renewed interest as pandemic restrictions relax 
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Then &amp; Now: Sudbury the first city in Canada to elect Chinese-Canadian mayor

Then & Now: Sudbury the first city in Canada to elect Chinese-Canadian mayor

Sudbury is a city of firsts.
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Then &amp; Now: Looking back at the 1967 centennial

Then & Now: Looking back at the 1967 centennial

Sudbury celebrated Centennial with more than 225 special events
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Then & Now: Remembering James Orr, editor and publisher of Sudbury’s first real newspaper

Then & Now: Remembering James Orr, editor and publisher of Sudbury’s first real newspaper

Sudbury Journal kept the young city informed for some 30 years, helping shape the development of the community from a mining camp to a growing community
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Then & Now: More local hockey heroes who laced up for the NHL

Then & Now: More local hockey heroes who laced up for the NHL

Our May 20 piece on local hockey heroes omitted a bunch of names (because there are just so many local pro hockey players over the past century, so Vicki Gilhula is back with a follow-up
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Then &amp; Now: You might be surprised at the sheer number of players from Sudbury who played pro hockey

Then & Now: You might be surprised at the sheer number of players from Sudbury who played pro hockey

No doubt about it, the Nickel City isn’t a hockey town, the Nickel City is THE hockey town
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Then & Now: Remembering the years Canada’s most famous female journalist lived in Copper Cliff

Then & Now: Remembering the years Canada’s most famous female journalist lived in Copper Cliff

Kit Coleman was a popular reporter at a time when women were discouraged from having careers of their own and from 1899 to 1901, she called Copper Cliff home
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