Guest Columns
The following is a collection of opinion pieces from our community. If you would like to submit an opinion piece or column, please send it in to lifeedit@northernlife.ca
Previous Columns by Guest Columnists
May 18, 2012
John Donne wrote “Every man’s death diminishes me – for I am involved with mankind and, therefore, do not send to know for whom the bell tolls – it tolls...
May 18, 2012
Question: How can I have a healthy lawn without pesticides? Answer: The Province of Ontario’s cosmetic pesticide ban prohibits the sale and use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes on lawns,...
May 18, 2012
One of the most common errors most golfers commit is not paying attention to fundamentals at address and then falling further off track when they initiate their swing. The beginning...
May 18, 2012
Our government’s decision to divest the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) was a difficult one that was made after careful deliberation. No other government has done more than ours to...
May 16, 2012
On May 5, Sudburians, along with citizens in more than 1,000 communities from every corner of the Earth, “Connected the Dots” about the reality of climate change. Elder Christina Agawa...
May 14, 2012
Putting has evolved very quickly in the last while. This has occurred from the set-up to the ball, to the vast array of putter designs to the variety of new...
May 14, 2012
Putting has evolved very quickly in the last while. This has occurred from the set-up to the ball, to the vast array of putter designs to the variety of new...
May 09, 2012
“A mother’s love is like a circle, it has no beginning andno ending.” ~Art Urban That is so true! It is also true that when a woman gives birth, she...
May 09, 2012
All stations, all stations. Spring may have given us a start-stop stutter step but it looks like the weather has finally gotten itself back on track. Near normal temperatures are...
May 07, 2012
The beginning of each year gets everyone out to the golf ranges and on the courses to get an idea of what the new season has in store. Everyone typically...
May 07, 2012
I’ve only been on the job as the North East Local Health Integration Network’s (LHIN’s) care lead for a couple months, and already I have met with close to 1,000...
May 02, 2012
In my last article, I touched on fact that golf is very diverse and is part of the entertainment business. There are many reasons to play golf but here are...
May 02, 2012
The Drowsy Chaperone started as a wedding present, created by friends as a gift to Toronto actors Bob Martin and Janet Van De Graaff (the lead characters in the play...
May 02, 2012
March proved to be one of the best months of my exchange. I crossed off two more countries from my bucket list. The second week of March I went to...
May 02, 2012
A brand is your look look and feel, and should ultimately reflect the values your company represents. Brands are made up of words, tones and colours that evoke a certain...
May 01, 2012
The Drowsy Chaperone started as a wedding present, created by friends as a gift to Toronto actors Bob Martin and Janet Van De Graaff (the lead characters in the play...
April 25, 2012
When you’re sitting in emerg, either by yourself or with a loved one who’s suffering, statistics don’t mean a whole lot. All you know is that you want to see...
April 25, 2012
Live theatre can entertain an audience and it can challenge them. Many times it does both. Sudbury’s newest professional theatre company, Encore Theatre, was formed by alumni of the Thorneloe...
April 23, 2012
I remember when I first entered college, I was asked by an English professor to write an essay on what northern Ontario meant to me. For the professor, this was...
April 18, 2012
All stations, all stations...I’m writing this article while swinging on a mooring in the south-west anchorage of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands.Named by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Anegada means...



