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By Callam Rodya Effective starting Saturday, Nov. 6, the new pilot University/Four Corners bus will be running a limited schedule. The service will run every half-hour between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. and then again from 2 p.m. to 4p.m. The SGA is hoping that this limited pilot test bus[…]
Edited by Callam Rodya We have received a lot of feedback from our readers on the outcome of last week’s municipal election. Here are what some of them are saying. You can join in the discussion here on our blog, on our Facebook Page, or by sending us an email[…]
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[…]
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:[…]
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[…]
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
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.
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[…]
“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.[…]
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,[…]