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Monthly Archive: October 2010

Where to be on Halloween

By Callam Rodya Halloween has always been a big event. When we were kids, we got dressed up in cute little costumes (sometimes with our winter coats over-top) and went around the neighborhood filling pillowcases or plastic jack’o’laterns with our loot. Nowadays, we still dress up, but our pallets have[…]

Minotaurs @ Little Montreal

By Callam Rodya What do you get when you combine ex-Rheostatic and current Ron Sexsmith drummer/producer Don Kerr, with Holy Fuck and King Cobb Steelie bassist Kevin Lynn, Feuermusik, Canaille and go-to indie-rock-session saxophonist Jeremy Strachan, guitar duelling brother tandem of Dan and Ryan Levecque, and indie-songwriter Nathan Lawr? Answer:[…]

Matichuk wins election, becomes first elected female mayor

By Callam Rodya Monday night, the voters of the City of Greater Sudbury opted for a change and elected Marianne Matichuk the new mayor of Sudbury. Matichuk won the election with 46.1% of the vote, a near 10-point lead over incumbent mayor John Rodriguez. Ted Callaghan came in a distant[…]

Vote or Suck!

On October 25th, get out and vote in the City of Greater Sudbury municipal elections. If you don’t vote, than you’ll suck! Visit http://elections.grandsudbury.ca/ for all the information you need to vote. Callam Rodya Arts & Entertainment Editor lambdaspotlight@gmail.com

Laurentian’s position on lobbyist funding

The Sudbury Star wrote an article re: Laurentian’s funding. We wrote our article about it but were unable to get Laurentian’s perspective on things due to the late hour we wrote it at (5AM). Chris Mercer, chief of staff at Laurentian University, offers up the university’s opinion in this article.

SGA approves tentative budget at general meeting

By Callam Rodya The SGA Executive convened an annual general meeting on Wednesday afternoon to vote on a projected $285,000 budget for the 2010-2011 school year. The meeting, chaired by SGA president Samantha Pitzel, was attended by some 20 SGA members in room L-239, near the Student Centre. After some[…]

SPAD Shinny Hockey information

“The SPAD Shinny Hockey League is now taking registrations for the upcoming season. The cost is $180.00 for 17 sessions, plus a 20$ jersey deposit, refundable upon return of the jersey at the end of the season, for a total registration fee of $200.00. The league starts October 15th, 2010.[…]