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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

Laurentian: Half of Ontario auditor’s directives now implemented

Laurentian: Half of Ontario auditor’s directives now implemented

AG’s office did a value-for-money audit of Laurentian University in 2022 after its unprecedented insolvency, and they came back to check up on the university
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Unravelled by HIV, schizophrenia: 20 years later, he’s a university grad

Unravelled by HIV, schizophrenia: 20 years later, he’s a university grad

Once a high school class president, in his twenties Mathew Kennealy ended up on the streets, ‘lost in daydreams’: In honour of World AIDS Day, he tells his story
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VIDEO: Couple goes for a hike, celebrate engagement atop peak

VIDEO: Couple goes for a hike, celebrate engagement atop peak

Brian Meagher and Tram Nguyen, seasonal workers in Killarney, have a special story to tell about their recent engagement
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Broadcaster on why she shows the world her mastectomy tattoo

Broadcaster on why she shows the world her mastectomy tattoo

‘There was something about this tattoo that made me feel beautiful and strong and a bit of a badass,’ Weather Network broadcaster and breast cancer survivor says
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For Trekkies, 2024’s social problems are eerily similar to this DS9 episode

For Trekkies, 2024’s social problems are eerily similar to this DS9 episode

According to a time-travel episode of ‘Star Trek: Deep Space 9’ that aired almost three decades ago, Sept. 1, 2024 is supposed to be the day of the fictional ‘Bell Riots,’ a reckoning on a number of societal issues that seem all-too-familiar in the real 2024
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Free period products can be a ‘game-changer’ for some students

Free period products can be a ‘game-changer’ for some students

Founder of charity ‘Help a Girl Out’ said she wore pads made of cardboard as a high school student experiencing poverty
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Happy 60th birthday to Sudbury’s Big Nickel!

Happy 60th birthday to Sudbury’s Big Nickel!

Visiting the monument has been a time-honoured Canadian road trip tradition across the decades
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Author’s nostalgic book perfect for summer campfire readings

Author’s nostalgic book perfect for summer campfire readings

Jeremy John will be in Bracebridge for reading on Saturday and in Orillia on Sunday at Leacock Museum
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The last doctor: Assisted dying pioneer tells her patients’ stories

The last doctor: Assisted dying pioneer tells her patients’ stories

A family physician for 50 years, author Dr. Jean Marmoreo believes in ‘cradle-to-grave care,’ and always wanted to be able to end her patients’ suffering on their own terms
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Elderly thrift store cat still on duty, keeps mice at bay (VIDEO)

Elderly thrift store cat still on duty, keeps mice at bay (VIDEO)

Josie provides ‘pet and retail therapy’ to customers at thrift store, and still even catches mice, with an ongoing tally posted on the wall
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