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Sylvia Sutherland

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Parties should stay out of local politics

yesterday 9

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Ontario premier not ‘leaving on a jet plane’ after all

22.04.2026 10

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Strong chairs join strong mayors. What’s next?

15.04.2026 10

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Council should encourage debate, not kill it

08.04.2026 10

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Mac and ‘the trouble with girls’

01.04.2026 20

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The return of McCarthyism?

25.03.2026 30

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We may soon have a better idea of just who will run for mayor

18.03.2026 40

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The PM should have hesitated

11.03.2026 30

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‘You screwed up and you need to fix it’

04.03.2026 20

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Tumbler Ridge and the yearning for unity

They stood together in the twilight holding hands, grief etched on their faces — the prime minister, the leader of the Opposition and the Governor...

27.02.2026 60

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Efficiency is not more important than democracy

12.02.2026 10

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The promise of strip searches at city hall

05.02.2026 10

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Who is in charge at city hall?

29.01.2026 10

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The centre is not holding at city hall

22.01.2026 10

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Alderman Wilson understood public service

15.01.2026 10

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Thoughts on a solitary New Year’s Eve

08.01.2026 10

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Election 2026: They are almost off and running

01.01.2026 30

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A British Rail ticket and other hidden gems

24.12.2025 30

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‘It’s game-playing. It’s bullying. And it should be stopped’

18.12.2025 10

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Yes, All Saints’ had Giles Bryant

11.12.2025 10

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A 20-minute police budget ‘review’ just doesn’t cut it

Maybe the members of Police Services Board (PSB) should have played a couple of rounds of bridge to kill time, so it at least looked as if they had...

03.12.2025 10

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Want a mensch? Try the personals

27.11.2025 10

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Remembrance should last more than a day

19.11.2025 10

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Motion to ‘call the question’ is being abused

12.11.2025 10

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Give me a good heist any morning

06.11.2025 8

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Eggs, bacon and local democracy

30.10.2025 10

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Has council decided to turn away with GE?

23.10.2025 9

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New archbishop needs our prayers

15.10.2025 20

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Would you buy a marble floor off this guy?

09.10.2025 8

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And they are off and running

02.10.2025 8

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Ken Dryden remembers his father over dinner

25.09.2025 9

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Something smells off about police station closed meeting

18.09.2025 10

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Another swipe at local democracy?

11.09.2025 10

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Remembering Freddy and the dog in the freezer

04.09.2025 10

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City is right, Ford is wrong on working remotely

28.08.2025 10

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Recalling a time living in two solitudes

20.08.2025 10

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Artists can help guarantee a city’s economic future

13.08.2025 20

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Celebrating a friend and remembering

07.08.2025 10

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Gold toilet heist and other curiosities

24.07.2025 10

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Gold toilet heist and other curiosities

24.07.2025 10

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What to do with those misbehaving politicians?

16.07.2025 10

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Don’t tell me you are compassionate — show me

10.07.2025 10

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When your grandson wants to be a poet

03.07.2025 10

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The writer’s mother would be proud of him

26.06.2025 10

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What code of conduct at city hall?

19.06.2025 10

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Canada’s gift to the Queen

12.06.2025 10

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A sailor friend with a special shipwreck story

04.06.2025 20

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Chipping away at local democracy

28.05.2025 10

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Where, oh where, can the celebration be?

22.05.2025 10

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The things we leave undone

15.05.2025 10

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