There is only one, viable option for the Elm Street crosswalk between the downtown bus depot and the Rainbow Centre mall: get rid of it.Northern Life was surprised at the...

When I was in Grade 2, I brought a Stompin’ Tom Connors album to school for show and tell.Of the many items I brought to school for that purpose over...

The North East Dementia Network really was trying to help when it teamed up with law enforcement to create a tip line specifically to report senior drivers. Their stated intentions...

Whatever anyone might think about Rick Bartolucci and his politics, Sudbury reaped the rewards of having him in Queen’s Park.As the city’s man in Toronto, he had almost unparalleled success...

Health Sciences North’s decision to force hospital workers to be vaccinated against influenza is the right move.Not only does it protect workers themselves from coming down with the flu,...

Greater Sudbury is a little less great today than it was before the evening of Dec. 16.This city has lost one of its best citizens.A man who embodied qualities many...

By all accounts, tonight’s meeting of Greater Sudbury city council will be standing room only.The much-anticipated faceoff (some might call it a showdown) between councillors and Ontario Ombudsman André Marin...

With two weeks to go before Ontario Ombudsman André Marin makes his fence-mending Dec. 11 visit, Greater Sudbury city councillors are debating whether to part ways with the brash municipal...

If the city is going to be able to take full advantage of the current healthy economic times it finds itself in, Greater Sudbury’s elected officials are going to have...

There was far too much sabre-rattling and trench-digging on both sides of the table when Ontario Ombudsman André Marin sent three investigators to look into the legality of four closed...

Last week was a big one for Greater Sudbury Auditor General Brian Bigger. Not only did he uncover decades-old lack of oversight in the municipal road repair system, but also presented...

David Lavigne’s story, tragically, is probably not unique. Northern Life brought you the sad history of Lavigne’s battle against cancer, and his battle against homelessness, in our July 19 edition....

After months of controversy over the individual funds Greater Sudbury city councillors can spend in their wards, the new policy concerning the so-called “Health Community Initiative” funds, introduced by council...

Some things are worth protecting. And the ancient red pine forest that is the Wolf Lake Forest Reserve is one of them. Which is why members of the Wolf Lake...

Accountability. Transparency. Efficiency. These are the principles by which governments, municipal or otherwise, must operate. And though they have become buzzwords of late, and politicians, almost casually now, toss the...

To say that Vale’s Clean AER (for “Atmospheric Emissions Reduction”) project will provide a healthy boost to Greater Sudbury’s economy is an understatement. In fact, the impact the massive project...

Depending on whom you ask, Sudbury either is in the thick of, or about to enter, an economic boom. This should come as no surprise to city residents, who have...

Ontario’s chief coroner released a review this week of cycling deaths in Ontario in which he suggests that, among 13 other recommendations, a universal mandatory bicycle helmet law for the...

Ask someone from southern Ontario to describe Sudbury and you will get answers along the lines of “the Big Nickel,” “mining,” and “trees.” Make the same demand of a Sudburian...