City Guides


Weekly Roundup: January 25-29

Monday, January 55 Slowcooker Favourites – One pot, no dishes! We’ll create and sample 3 delicious meals using a slow cooker and you can bring home a total of 10 different recipes to mix things up at home! These will be your weeknight miracles! Recipes include a Chicken & Apricot Tagine, a creamy Chicken Chili and Slowcooker Short Ribs. 6:00 p.m. @ Kitchen Bits – 1390 Kingsway Tuesday, January 26  M2M Expert Series Workplace Wellness –  Join Lisa Lounsbury, President & founder of New Day Wellness, for this informative session on Workplace Wellness in the chamber boardroom. January is a great......

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Laurentian’s Annual Masquerade Ball is Back!

What: Laurentian University Annual Masquerade Ball When: January 30th, 2016, 8:00PM – 1:00AM Where: Ernie Checkris Theatre, Thorneloe University Tickets: $20, available at the Laurentian V-desk (coat check included in ticket price) *Limited overnight parking on-site Each year, Laurentian University’s Student Theatre Association (STA) hosts a masquerade ball. This year we can expect a fantastic night of music, dance, and theatrical flair! There will be a photo booth, refreshments, a cash bar ($5 drinks), and SRO resident DJ Willis will be playing all night. As for the dress code: choose your best ensemble; many students have worn their high......

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Weekend Roundup: January 22-24

Friday, January 22nd Sudbury Game Design Challenge – The SGDC is a 48-hour media design competition where teams of up to 4 compete against the clock and each other to create the best possible game within an announced theme. The competition is open to Artists, Musicians, Programmers and Writers from around Sudbury and the North.  4:00 p.m. @ NORCAT – 1545 Maley Drive Banff Mountain Film Festival – The Banff Mountain Film Festival is once again coming back to Sudbury, Ontario – for it’s 40th anniversary!! This amazing festival features phenomenal films from outdoor adventurers all over the world, a silent auction......

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Taco Sol Spicing Up Downtown With Authentic Mexican Food

If you’ve been looking for a new spot to change up your lunch break routine in the downtown core, or just to try something new Taco Sol is here for you serving up authentic Mexican fare on Cedar St. This new family-owned restaurant boasts a delicious variety of tacos, burritos and other regional dishes in a colourful, casual location. The best part is they’re even open 12am-3am Fridays & Saturdays to add some heat to your late night nosh. We spoke with the Taco Sol staff and got all the details on the newest edition to our downtown food......

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Pond Hockey Festival on the Rock

There are few things more Canadian than spending the day playing hockey on a frozen lake and for many Sudburians the Pond Hockey Festival on the Rock (Feb 5-6-7, 2016) is a highly anticipated event. This February will mark the tournament’s eighth year and festival chair Barbara Nott hopes that this year’s tournament will be bigger than ever. “We have ten different divisions that teams can register in, including bantam, midget, high school, university, corporate and family teams”, said Nott. “So everyone’s welcome to participate and we’re hoping to have our best turnout yet”. Every year festival organizers work......

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