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Article content Despite the failings of the legal challenges, opponents continued to spread false and misleading information, along with allegations of wrongdoing against some councillors in an attempt to erode public confidence in the local leadership. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Sudbury column: KED, Junction East should be reality by 2024 Back to video In January, council decided to take another six months to have the consultant from 2017 update his original report with all of the factual changes that have occurred over the past four years...

Article content Vagnini’s peers voted against a resolution he introduced during Wednesday’s council meeting that would have permitted a reconsideration of a previous vote on projectNOW. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Councillor loses bid for new vote on fixing Sudbury Arena Back to video As Vagnini noted in his motion, last December council defeated a motion “requesting an evaluation of the projectNOW proposal, by way of a tied vote.” He voted against the study, but he was having technical troubles and was confused about what was takin...

Article content Montpellier was before his peers on Wednesday, defending comments he made in a Sudbury Star article in May. He said he was simply expressing an opinion and standing in solidarity with Greater Sudbury’s volunteer firefighters. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Council ignores recommendation to fine outspoken colleague Back to video In the article, Montpellier was responding to the results of a survey conducted by and for volunteer firefighters. The survey, conducted during March and April, indicated 64.5 per cent of volunteers wer...

Article content I want to bring attention to the action of six councillors – who combined represent less than half of the city’s population and less than half of the turnout in the last election – who have once again voted against assessing an opportunity to save $40 million in taxpayers’ money. I want to remind these councillors that they have a fiduciary duty and are compelled under the 2001 Municipal Act to behave in the interest of the city’s finances. I am of course talking about Councillors Robert Kirwan, Rene Lapierre, Mike Jakubo, Al Sizer, Bill Leduc, and Joscelyne Landry-A...

Article content After two votes on Tuesday — both resulted in the defeat of resolutions by a margin of 7-6 — it seems the city has cemented its commitment to proceeding with the Kingsway Entertainment District. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. ‘We have to move forward’ Back to video While not directly referencing projectNOW, Ward 4 Coun. Geoff McCausland introduced two motions during Tuesday’s council meeting he hoped would provide more information about the nuts and bolts of a downtown arena renovation. The first motion ...