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Opinion: West, Gélinas pen open letter on Lifelabs lab closure

Opinion: West, Gélinas pen open letter on Lifelabs lab closure

‘This situation could lead to unnecessary delays in diagnosis and treatment, ultimately jeopardizing patient health outcomes,’ the NDP MPPs from Sudbury and Nickel Belt argue in letter to Health Minister Sylvia Jones
Letter: Students are not fair game in a Laurentian strike

Letter: Students are not fair game in a Laurentian strike

Professor says the impact of the pandemic on student learning was clear after COVID-19, a faculty strike will only further impair students who are just starting to rebuild their confidence and academic skills
Letter: Drivers need to start caring about pedestrian safety

Letter: Drivers need to start caring about pedestrian safety

Another close call at a crosswalk prompts reader to highlight the rights of pedestrians
Letter: A tribute to dedicated homecare workers

Letter: A tribute to dedicated homecare workers

Reader tips his hat to the hardworking nurses and personal support workers who provide care in people’s homes
Letter: Councillors should live in the ward they represent

Letter: Councillors should live in the ward they represent

A former candidate in Ward 8 weighs in on the question of whether city councillors should actually reside in the ward who residents they speak for
Letter: Panel calls on public to back Anderson Farm Rec Project

Letter: Panel calls on public to back Anderson Farm Rec Project

The city is going to decide how to spend the $4 million it received for the sale of Meatbird Lake in and a group of citizens from the area are looking for public support for their idea
Letter: Worried father says pedestrian safety fix needed near R.L. Beattie

Letter: Worried father says pedestrian safety fix needed near R.L. Beattie

‘Between 7:30 and 9 a.m. and 2:30 and 4 p.m. on school days, it is utter chaos. There are student drivers, parents late for work, buses full of screaming kids, and regular traffic mixed with kids as young as five walking and biking to school with their parents, as well as kids (like mine) who are old enough to start having the freedom to get themselves to school on their own’
Letter: Beware the endless, creeping march of privatization

Letter: Beware the endless, creeping march of privatization

‘The continued destruction of our public services will have devastating effects for our economy and working class material conditions. Education, health care, environmental protections — nothing will be spared if we don’t speak up. The rug is being pulled — yanked — out from underneath us’
LETTER: Canada Post CEO outlines plan to modernize and cut costs

LETTER: Canada Post CEO outlines plan to modernize and cut costs

'The journey to restore and renew the postal service is now under way,' writes Doug Ettinger, outlining how Canada’s national mail carrier plans to stay relevant — and solvent.
Letter: Boosting winter sidewalk maintenance made a real difference

Letter: Boosting winter sidewalk maintenance made a real difference

Naomi Grant, a member of Greater Sudbury Safer Sidewalks, highlights the impact of a local pilot program to boost winter sidewalk maintenance