Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to the editor to Ward 6 Coun. Andre Rivest.I was searching the Internet for some finished compost that I could purchase in...

Re: Article “Smoking ban: Patios could be next,” which appeared in the June 13 edition of Northern Life.Looks like city hall is in a bylaw-making rut. The latest, a smoke-free...

Re: Article “Smoking ban: Patios could be next,” which appeared in the June 13 edition of Northern Life.I understand the bylaw banning smoking in certain areas is necessary. But certain...

Re: Article “Smoking ban: Patios could be next,” which appeared in the June 13 edition of Northern Life.I often ask myself, when will people get their heads out of the...

Are you hunting for the highest, healthiest happening in Sudbury? On May 5, I found it at the free skin cancer screening clinic at the Sudbury Skin Clinique.What a beautiful...

Re: Article “Arrest made in attack on transit operator,” which appeared on NorthernLife.ca June 6.The incident regarding the passenger who did not want to pay the fare on a late...

Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Mayor Marianne Matichuk.My name is Alyson Love-Kapoor. I live on Baikie Street, just off Victoria Street.My neighbours and I have been...

The problem with disasters, emergencies, and pandemics is they’re unpredictable. Whether you believe in things happening in threes, Murphy’s Law, or the fickleness of fate, you know something could happen, but...

Re: Column “Mayor pokes council with HCI stick,” which appeared in the June 4 edition of Northern Life.HCI funds are public taxpayers’ money. Why do councillors create problems and controversy...

Re: Column “Mayor pokes council with HCI stick,” which appeared in the June 4 edition of Northern Life.At last week’s council meeting, Mayor Marianne Matichuk asked “I’m getting calls from...

As a professional engineer and a researcher of catastrophic failure, I disagree with the comments by CP spokesperson Ed Greenberg in Northern Life on June 4. In this article, it is...

There are many unanswered questions in our city.Who was responsible for the missing $600,000 from our transit department and, once investigated, against whom were proper disciplinary measures taken?Another area where...

Far too often you hear people complaining about this and that regarding transport drivers. It’s rare to hear something positive. I never do this sort of thing, but I thought they...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that the government’s plans to cut $36 billion from the federal transfer payments to the provinces for healthcare, after the present health care accord...

I was so inspired by Dana Clark’s recent letter to the editor (“Time to normalize breastfeeding” that appeared in issue of June 4) over the breastfeeding controversy that occurred at...

I wanted to express a sincere thank you (Miigwech) to a kind woman who was at the Food Basics on Lasalle on June 3, in line next to me.As I...

Janet and I walked to the back 15 acres of our property to visit our partridge nest to see if they’d hatched. On our way back to the house, we spotted...

The Lansdowne Public School Council hosted a Family Fun Night and Barbecue on May 30 to celebrate the end of the year and to promote safe walking and biking in...

Although I have looked up the City of Sudbury before on the Internet, I had not seen its biweekly community newspaper. I lived with my family in Sudbury from 1970 to...

On May 4, the staff at Greater Sudbury Transit paid it forward to one of their own.Together, this amazing group of individuals held a fundraising evening for our daughter, Jennifer,...