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Monthly Archive: September 2010

EDITORIAL: NOSM strike unfairly targeting students

Let’s be honest: Sudbury loves its unions, and Sudbury unions love to strike. Well, maybe they don’t “love” to strike, per se, but they seem to exercise their prerogative to strike much more liberally than I’ve noticed in other communities. In the 14 years that I have lived in Sudbury,[…]

Correction

In the issue of Lambda that was published last Thursday, Sept. 23, contributor Nina Nesseth’s last name was incorrectly spelled “Nessith”. I take full responsibility for the error and assure all contributors and readers alike that I will be far more diligent in the future in correcting these types of[…]

Correction

In the Lambda issue that was released today, I wrote an article about Dr. Vasu Appanna’s graduate lab. I incorrectly spelled his name as  “Dr. Vasu Appana.” I regret the error. Andy Veilleux, Science and Technology Editor

Transit Stories?

I’m currently working on a story on the SGA U-Pass, that handy little stripe on the back of your student card that gets you on any Sudbury Transit bus during the school year. Do you have a great transit or U-Pass story (good or bad) that you think people should[…]

NOSM Strike

By Candace Jazvac On Aug. 16, Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 677, which represents 152 office, clerical and technical workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) began picketing at the entrances of Laurentian University.  After nearly 18 months of contract negotiations, 97 percent of OPSEU Local 677[…]

Images from Ribfest

The weather wasn’t great but Sudbury residents still flooded Elgin Street in Downtown Sudbury for the 3rd annual Ribfest. Here are a few shots of the festivities courtesy of Cal’s BlackBerry. If you have an event photo that the world (and Lambda readers) need to see, send it to us![…]