Heidi Ulrichsen

Sudbury

Associate Content Editor at Sudbury Northern Life

Associate content editor for https://t.co/N6JU42HCGv.

Articles

Two popular Sudbury festivals won’t run in 2025

3 days ago | elliotlaketoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

A lack of volunteer organizers has forced the cancellation of two Greater Sudbury summer festivals for 2025. If they had gone ahead, Sudbury Graphic-Con would have been held June 7 and Capreol Days over the Civic Holiday weekend in August. While neither of these festivals are happening this year, organizers hope they can attract enough volunteers to bring the events back for 2026.
Lack of volunteers sinks two popular Sudbury festivals this summer

3 days ago | baytoday.ca | Heidi Ulrichsen

A lack of volunteer organizers has forced the cancellation of two Greater Sudbury summer festivals for 2025. If they had gone ahead, Sudbury Graphic-Con would have been held June 7 and Capreol Days over the Civic Holiday weekend in August. While neither of these festivals is happening this year, organizers hope they can attract enough volunteers to bring the events back for 2026.
Theatrical tribute to Sudbury gay bar Zigs hitting stage in Timmins

5 days ago | timminstoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

As a teen, Sudbury poet laureate Alex Tétreault went to an underage dance with his first boyfriend at the local gay bar, Zigs. He said he never snuck back to the iconic bar afterward with fake ID or anything, but he did show up on his 19th birthday, when he reached the legal drinking age. “I was buried by the rules,” Tétreault said. “So I waited until I was 19, and I went there, like on the day of my birthday.
‘Disappointed’: Dwindling arts funding sinks Wordstock Festival

1 week ago | villagereport.ca | Heidi Ulrichsen

With financial struggles forcing her layoff from the festival she founded 12 years ago and the board of Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival recommending the organization’s dissolution, Heather Campbell said “I'm very disappointed that it's coming to this.” While she put her heart and soul into running the festival as its director, she said “I can't not get paid.
‘We don't feel safe’: Laurentian academics uneasy about U.S. travel

1 week ago | timminstoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

SUDBURY - The political situation in the United States has left some members of Laurentian University’s academic community saying they’re unwilling to travel south of the border. “I'm not considering in the near future travelling south of the border, because it would be just too cumbersome and onerous because of my research,” said Lynne Gouliquer, a sociology professor at Laurentian.
‘We don't feel safe’: Laurentian academics uneasy about U.S. travel

1 week ago | elliotlaketoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

The political situation in the United States has left some members of Laurentian University’s academic community saying they’re unwilling to travel south of the border. “I'm not considering in the near future travelling south of the border, because it would be just too cumbersome and onerous because of my research,” said Lynne Gouliquer, a sociology professor at Laurentian.
‘We don't feel safe’: Laurentian academics uneasy about U.S. travel

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

The political situation in the United States has left some members of Laurentian University’s academic community saying they’re unwilling to travel south of the border. “I'm not considering in the near future travelling south of the border, because it would be just too cumbersome and onerous because of my research,” said Lynne Gouliquer, a sociology professor at Laurentian.
Detective-turned-author explores a century of crime in new book

3 weeks ago | timminstoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

SUDBURY - Jordan Buchanan, who retired with the rank of Detective Staff Sergeant in 2019 after a 30-year career with the Greater Sudbury Police Service, said he’s always liked writing more than the average cop, as evidenced by his arrest warrants. “I can remember another officer working with me on warrants back in the 90s, and he kept laughing when he'd read my warrants,” he said.
Detective-turned-author explores a century of crime in new book

4 weeks ago | villagereport.ca | Heidi Ulrichsen

Jordan Buchanan, who retired with the rank of Detective Staff Sergeant in 2019 after a 30-year career with the Greater Sudbury Police Service, said he’s always liked writing more than the average cop, as evidenced by his arrest warrants. “I can remember another officer working with me on warrants back in the 90s, and he kept laughing when he'd read my warrants,” he said.
Laurentian sees 55% decrease in international applicants

4 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

“How bad does it look?” This was the question posed by Laurentian University board member Brian Ramakko during the governing body’s April 25 meeting regarding international student recruitment. Laurentian University and all other post-secondary institutions in this country have been taking a hit in international students due to federal policy changes.