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Heidi Ulrichsen

Heidi Ulrichsen

Heidi Ulrichsen is the assistant editor at Sudbury.com. She also covers education and the arts scene. Follow her on Twitter @HeidiUlrichsen. She can be reached by email at [email protected].

Recent Work by Heidi

Transparency can clash with confidentiality, Laurentian senate hears

Transparency can clash with confidentiality, Laurentian senate hears

Amid reported concerns about media coverage, university secretary says open meetings are the default, but there are times when the ‘default becomes problematic’
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‘High priority’: 2025 is the year that Laurentian needs to pay back its creditors

‘High priority’: 2025 is the year that Laurentian needs to pay back its creditors

‘We work on it every day,’ said Laurentian University president Lynn Wells, on completing sales of its properties to the province to fund payouts to creditors following LU’s 2022 exit from insolvency
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‘It’s pretty cool’: Laurentian students can now dissect virtual bodies

‘It’s pretty cool’: Laurentian students can now dissect virtual bodies

‘You're able to actually conceptualize a human, instead of just a plastic model,’ said second-year biomedical biology student Jill Kusnierczyk of the university’s new virtual dissection table from Anatomage
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School underfunding leads to spike in violence in Northeastern Ontario, teachers' unions say

School underfunding leads to spike in violence in Northeastern Ontario, teachers' unions say

At a Sudbury press conference Jan. 8, presidents of local teachers' unions say Conservative government cuts to education spending have left schools without the necessary staff to manage an increasing number of students who respond with violence to school staff
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We catch up with ‘the other Son of a Critch,’ Sudbury’s Colton Gobbo

We catch up with ‘the other Son of a Critch,’ Sudbury’s Colton Gobbo

‘I'm incredibly lucky,’ says Gobbo, who also appears in the Netflix series ‘Ginny & Georgia’; fourth season of ‘Son of a Critch’ airs on CBC starting Jan. 7
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'I am not ashamed of what I do': Former Sudbury journalist a rising star at narrating romance novels

'I am not ashamed of what I do': Former Sudbury journalist a rising star at narrating romance novels

Sudbury native Angela Scappatura, or Angelina Rocca, as she goes by professionally, picks up Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) Award for ‘romance and erotica’ audiobook narration at a Beverly Hills ceremony
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Laurentian confirms the Bell Mansion is going up for sale

Laurentian confirms the Bell Mansion is going up for sale

Historic building housing art gallery closed in 2023 due to repair issues, and Laurentian University, which owns the structure, decided in October it will be selling
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Former Sudbury filmmaker John Alden Milne passes away at 54

Former Sudbury filmmaker John Alden Milne passes away at 54

‘He loved Sudbury,’ where he lived for over a decade, said his sister
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Province repeatedly ignoring queries about Laurentian University's property sales

Province repeatedly ignoring queries about Laurentian University's property sales

With deadline now a year away, Sudbury.com has questioned Premier Doug Ford, Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma and others about the status of sales of Laurentian University properties to the province that are to fund post-insolvency creditor payouts, but to no avail
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MPP: Province could settle Laurentian U's land sales ‘right here, right now’

MPP: Province could settle Laurentian U's land sales ‘right here, right now’

Gélinas said Sudbury needs to be able to turn the page on the legacy of Laurentian’s insolvency, which has ‘hurt our community tremendously,’ but as long as creditors aren’t paid out, the issue drags on
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