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Michael Atkins

OPINION: A Canadian scandal that covers all the bases

OPINION: A Canadian scandal that covers all the bases

Politics can be unforgiving. Politicians come and go. The sepia state does not.
OPINION: Justin: you need to speak with Eleanor Shellstrop

OPINION: Justin: you need to speak with Eleanor Shellstrop

Canadians are suffering from cognitive dissonance. So is our prime minister.
OPINION: Dr. Roger Strasser: occasionally people make a huge difference

OPINION: Dr. Roger Strasser: occasionally people make a huge difference

In the course of the last 17 years, he has come as close as any other major Northern Ontario institutional leader to delivering on promises made and promises kept.
OPINION: The things you think about with a new year dawning

OPINION: The things you think about with a new year dawning

A small business in Sudbury is impacted by all sorts of things you wouldn't have imagined 40 years ago.
OPINION: University politics: déjà vu all over again

OPINION: University politics: déjà vu all over again

Always have a plan B. Nothing is for sure today.
OPINION: Group therapy now required for new mayors

OPINION: Group therapy now required for new mayors

Of course politics has always been a tough game, but there is a patina of distrust and hostility that is new and disquieting.
OPINION: The fourth turning – what will it be?

OPINION: The fourth turning – what will it be?

We may be well past being able to salvage the environment and the speed of technology
OPINION: A business culture revolution in Sudbury

OPINION: A business culture revolution in Sudbury

Sudbury is now a player in the digital innovator economy.
OPINION: The problem is that I'm no better than Doug

OPINION: The problem is that I'm no better than Doug

We do this in defiance of self-preservation.
OPINION: Why, of course, we are going to be pushed around

OPINION: Why, of course, we are going to be pushed around

Although America will always loom large in our world, let's learn how to grow our own food.