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Then and Now
Then and Now
These historical photos and personal stories of past people, places, and events are made possible through the continued support of
Lougheed Funeral Homes
as part of our
Community Leaders Program
.
Then & Now: Mike Solski, last of Mine Mill Local 598 faithful
Two weeks ago, Vicki Gilhula shared the tale of the time Mike Solski was shot during a town council meeting. In Part Two this week, she tells the other part of the Solski saga, that of his time as head and one of the last holdouts, of Local 598, once the country’s most powerful labour union
Aug 4, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then & Now: The attempted assassination of Nickel Centre’s mayor
In 1978, a man fixated on a supposed conspiracy against him entered the council chambers for the Town of Nickel Centre and shot Mayor Mike Solski with a .45-calibre handgun
Jul 21, 2022 11:57 AM
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Then & Now: Looking back on 50 years of Northern Lights Festival
NLFB is as much a part of Sudbury as the Big Nickel, porketta bingo and the Superstack. Vicki Gilhula looks back on 50 years of celebrating the best in folk, world, grassroots, Francophone and Indigenous music
Jul 7, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then & Now: This is the story of Sudbury’s last execution
On June 15, 1956, Robert Bruce Ducsharm was hanged for the murder of his romantic partner, Steve Klapouskchak, but it took two trials to do it
Jun 16, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then & Now: Sudbury or Chinookville? Ask Jack Douglas
Sudbury appears as Chinookville in the 1970 book, 'Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes!' by comedian, author, actor and TV personality Jack Douglas
Jun 2, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then and Now: Lumber, politics, extortion and Fred Laberge
The first mayor to be born in the city, J.A. Laberge was a lumber baron and politician whose political career was derailed by an extortion attempt
May 19, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then & Now: How a business boy wonder from Sudbury became Canadian Tire CEO at age 33
Dean Muncaster credited for modernizing — and some might say revolutionizing — the retail chain
May 5, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then & Now: New book laments loss of heritage buildings including Sudbury's landmark post office
Cochrane Block, the old post office and the Nickel Range Hotel are gone now sadly, a lamentable fate the happens to far too many heritage buildings in Canada, history writer Vicki Gilhula says
Apr 21, 2022 12:00 PM
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Then & Now: Strangely, many local place names honour men who never set foot in Sudbury
The men who lent their names to Capreol, Garson, Creighton, Rayside, Falconbridge and Blezard Valley never actually visited the communities that bear their names
Apr 8, 2022 11:59 AM
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Then & Now: Deadly rail accidents near Sudbury some of worst in Canadian history
A 1906 train crash in Azilda killed 12 people; a 1910 derailment in Nairn Township killed 63
Mar 17, 2022 12:00 PM
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