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Editorial: Smart meters and electric buses, spending to save

Editorial: Smart meters and electric buses, spending to save

The high upfront costs of smart meters and electric busses are misleading because not only will they pay for themselves in terms of cost savings, but also the cost of not reducing our greenhouse gas emissions is much higher
Editorial:  As mandates fall, personal responsibility rises

Editorial: As mandates fall, personal responsibility rises

Governments have begun dropping pandemic mandates, but does that mean life can return to normal? No, it means the definition of normal must change
Editorial: Spectre of massive debt hangs over Greater Sudbury

Editorial: Spectre of massive debt hangs over Greater Sudbury

The city’s debt burden has grown by more than 1,700% in eight years and while the amount owed is huge,  economists say despite the big number, the Nickel City’s finances are secure
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