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Elbows Up, Ears Open: A year-long journey through Canadian music

Elbows Up, Ears Open: A year-long journey through Canadian music

Normally, Jason Marcon writes about local history for Sudbury.com, but this week he’s back with a rousing collection of Canadian tunes to get the maple syrup flowing through your patriotic veins
COLUMN: Take winter solstice journey through tradition and food

COLUMN: Take winter solstice journey through tradition and food

'Skål to the return of the sun and the promise of a new year filled with light and abundance,' writer says of Sunday morning's solstice arrival
Reflections: Holding on when dementia takes them away

Reflections: Holding on when dementia takes them away

Longtime Northern Life columnist Erna de Burger-Fex shares her feelings, and struggles, on becoming a caregiver for her husband, Alex. Dementia has taken away much of the man he once was, but their enduring love shines on
McIntosh: How many Sudbury homes valued at $350K?

McIntosh: How many Sudbury homes valued at $350K?

City councillor for Ward 9 sent in a brief op-ed to Sudbury.com to answer a question from a constituent, the answer to which other residents might want to know
Column: 'Her smile could light up any sky,' journalist recalls after woman's abusive ex convicted

Column: 'Her smile could light up any sky,' journalist recalls after woman's abusive ex convicted

Many years covering crime and court meant regularly coming across men who had committed heinous acts against those they supposedly loved
December offers cinematic gifts aplenty at Sudbury Indie Cinema

December offers cinematic gifts aplenty at Sudbury Indie Cinema

Jason Tripp, chair of the board for the Indie, highlights the Oscar contenders and holiday nostalgia that will flash across the silver screen on MacKenzie Street this month
Column: Learning about Canada’s golf culture as Chinese newcomers

Column: Learning about Canada’s golf culture as Chinese newcomers

In China, golf is out of reach for all but the wealthiest people, so now that they’re living in Canada Ying Wang and Alice Zhou decided to satisfy their curiosity and give the sport a try with a little help from the Indoor Golf Centre
Opinion: Public wants winter sidewalk maintenance made permanent

Opinion: Public wants winter sidewalk maintenance made permanent

The group Greater Sudbury Safer Sidewalks says surveys it has conducted during the past two years of a pilot project exploring enhanced winter sidewalk maintenance clearly show the public wants the project to become permanent
Nickel Centre Seniors embark on local cultural food tour

Nickel Centre Seniors embark on local cultural food tour

With so many restaurant choices from the many cultures that call the Nickel City home, club members spent the fall sampling dishes they might not have had the opportunity to taste before
Opinion: Is the Conservation Authority merger really a false flag?

Opinion: Is the Conservation Authority merger really a false flag?

The province’s former Environmental Commissioner wonders if the Premier Doug Ford’s Conservative government has ulterior motives as it moves to merge conservation authorities