The Buzz · Sudbury Morning Wire

Your Culligan bill is $700. C'est pas normal.

Your Culligan bill just got crazy, eh?

Okay, *voyons donc*. Someone on Reddit, right, they're asking if any other Culligan customers in Sudbury are getting absolutely hosed. Apparently, if you used your water system during the recent water advisory – remember that whole thing? – Culligan's telling people they need to replace their filters. And the price tag? Seven hundred dollars. *Sept cent piastres*. Ben là, that's not just a filter change, that's like, a whole week's groceries for some families, non?

### C'est quoi le problème?

This isn't just about a filter, eh? This is about trust, and about how companies treat people in a small city like ours. We already deal with old infrastructure, and sometimes those advisories feel like they come out of nowhere. Then you've got a utility company, and suddenly you're out a huge chunk of change just for, what, trusting your system was doing its job? It feels a bit like they're panning for gold in our pockets, if you ask me.

* This Reddit post really hit a nerve because it taps into that feeling of being nickel-and-dimed. * The water advisory was a big deal for folks all over town, from the Flour Mill to Copper Cliff. * Seven hundred bucks is a serious hit, especially when people are just trying to make sure their families have clean water.

Think about it, people along Ramsey Lake, maybe they had their water systems because of older pipes. And now this? It feels like we're being punished for trying to be proactive, or for just living our lives when the city tells us there’s an advisory. It’s a tough situation for folks here, and it’s stories like this that really grind my gears, you know?

Bonjour du Nord — c'est Sudbury, on lâche pas. Let's go.

Mon ami Pat and the crew, they're always drilling down on these kinds of stories every morning — catch 'em live at mornings.live.

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