Memory Lane

Back in 1983, the legendary rocker was touring his latest album ‘Speak of the Devil’ and set to play at show at Sudbury Arena, but frightened parents, moralizing religious leaders and a few elected officials, whipped into anti-heavy metal frenzy by the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, tried their best to have the show cancelled

Alumni and staff share their memories of Sudbury’s university from its founding to the present day

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the grand bilingual and tricultural experiment that is Sudbury’s university. This week, history writer Jason Marcon takes readers more than six decades back in time to explore the school’s beginnings

When the American-based United Steelworkers raided Mine Mill Local 598 in 1961, accusations of communism abounded and the tension in the city led to violent clashes, threats and widespread fear from city hall to the kitchen table 

In 1961, Mine Mill Local 598 found itself the target of a raid by the United Steelworkers Union. Perhaps the most powerful union in Canada at the time, Mine Mill found itself fighting for its life and refusing to go down without a fight 

Shopping malls don’t hold the cultural relevance they once did, but people still fondly remember the sights and sounds from the hey day of shopping centres

Columnist Jason Marcon takes us on a nostalgic trip through the southwest corner of Barrydowne Road and Lasalle Boulevard.

Music stores aren’t as ubiquitous as they once were but the sheer pleasure of shopping for the latest LP, 45 or CD has not left the minds (or the hearts) of music lovers, who recall the glory days of the local record shop

The Nickel City retail landscape once included at least half a dozen music stores. Times changed and those stores are long gone, so take a trip down memory lane with history writer Jason Marcon as this week he explores the stacks of retailers past

The sound of air raid sirens echoing around the city was a common one during the Cold War and for many of those who lived through it, the memory of those eerie warning alarms still resound