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Memory Lane

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These personal stories from community members in connection with Greater Sudbury's rich history are made possible through the continued support of Orendorff & Associates as part of our Community Leaders Program.

Memory Lane: Treats, tricks and pillowcases, 50 years Halloween of Sudbury

Memory Lane: Treats, tricks and pillowcases, 50 years Halloween of Sudbury

Homemade treats and costumes, pillowcases overflowing, UNICEF boxes for collecting donations — Sudburians look back with fondness on the Halloween nights of their youth
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Memory Lane: A century of Halloween in the Nickel City

Memory Lane: A century of Halloween in the Nickel City

History writer Jason Marcon takes us on a costumed stroll down memory lane for fascinating tales from Halloweens of yesteryear
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Memory Lane: A bittersweet goodbye to the Superstack

Memory Lane: A bittersweet goodbye to the Superstack

As the iconic stack is slowly dismantled, Sudbury.com reader recall life before it was built and how that changed after its completion, even as they ponder a future where it no longer looms large on the horizon
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Memory Lane: When the skyline changed, the birth of the Superstack

Memory Lane: When the skyline changed, the birth of the Superstack

As the city prepares for the day when the iconic stack, still one of the world’s tallest chimneys, vanishes from the horizon, history writer Jason Marcon looks back on its origins and calls the structure a testament to ‘human endeavour meeting technological possibility’
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Memory Lane: Back when Shania was a kid named Eilleen at Northern Lights fest

Memory Lane: Back when Shania was a kid named Eilleen at Northern Lights fest

Sudburians share their favourite memories of Northern Lights Festival Boréals past, including performances by Fred Eaglesmith, Valdy, Jackie Washington and Stan Rogers
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Memory Lane: When the Northern Lights (Festival Boréal) first twinkled

Memory Lane: When the Northern Lights (Festival Boréal) first twinkled

About a month ago, Northern Lights Festival Boréal took over the shore of Ramsey Lake as it has done every year since 1972. History writer Jason Marcon looks back on one of the city’s longest-running festivals and one of Canada’s longest-running celebrations of music
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Memory Lane: Remembering when Ozzy Osbourne came to town

Memory Lane: Remembering when Ozzy Osbourne came to town

Back in 1983, the legendary rocker was touring his latest album ‘Speak of the Devil’ and set to play at show at Sudbury Arena, but frightened parents, moralizing religious leaders and a few elected officials, whipped into anti-heavy metal frenzy by the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, tried their best to have the show cancelled
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Memory Lane: 65 years ago or today, Laurentian means a lot to Sudbury

Memory Lane: 65 years ago or today, Laurentian means a lot to Sudbury

Alumni and staff share their memories of Sudbury’s university from its founding to the present day
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Memory Lane: Digging into the roots of Laurentian University

Memory Lane: Digging into the roots of Laurentian University

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the grand bilingual and tricultural experiment that is Sudbury’s university. This week, history writer Jason Marcon takes readers more than six decades back in time to explore the school’s beginnings
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Memory Lane: Broken bones and car bombs, the 1961 union raids

Memory Lane: Broken bones and car bombs, the 1961 union raids

When the American-based United Steelworkers raided Mine Mill Local 598 in 1961, accusations of communism abounded and the tension in the city led to violent clashes, threats and widespread fear from city hall to the kitchen table 
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