Guest Columns

‘It is time for every leader to prove that they value people over polluters. My generation will not stop pushing for policies that match the science and protect our future.’

Retired Ministry of Natural Resources manager Alan Bisset attended a conference on moose management held in Sweden recently and what he saw confirmed his own findings: Ontario’s bad management practices are killing the province’s moose population

Local business owner and Sudbury Food Bank founder Geoffrey Lougheed says the homelessness hub at Energy Court is a good start

In an op-ed, Marie Litalien, president and CEO of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, says the city's business community appreciates recent announcements by the city and Greater Sudbury Police on dealing with issues of crime, safety and cleanliness downtown, but makes it clear what business owners really want to see is ‘not on what’s being considered, but on what is actually being done, when it will happen and who is responsible’

Longtime Northern Life columnist Erna de Burger-Fex pops up with a new column every once in a while. A move to a new retirement home with her husband, Alex, is the subject of her latest 

Ava Ouellet says Orange Shirt Day holds a special meaning for her personally, given her family connections to residential schools, but it should also hold a special meaning for everyone so that Canada move forward together

Christopher Duncanson-Hales, a member of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 658, says he and his fellow union members are fighting to reverse decades of cuts to post-secondary education in Ontario

Climate activist Cathy Orlando urges the public to sign an open letter to the federal government pushing for stronger climate change policies in the upcoming budget