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Despite cold temperatures, Greater Sudbury snowmobilers hit the trails this past Saturday, for the 31st Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids, and raised more than $17,000 for children with physical disabilities.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] On April 26, 1986, workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a test on one of the reactors.

BY BILL BRADLEY [email protected] Time is running out for Jenny Martindale and Jim Little. The owners of Sundog Outfitters are concerned about a parcel on wilderness land in Greater Sudbury that could lose its status as a forest reserve.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

BY JASON THOMPSON [email protected] A decade ago, Laurentian University attracted about 30 international students to its hallowed halls in pursuit of higher education.

(CNW) Ontario?s large industrial electricity consumers will benefit from three years of stable, predictable pricing on electricity provided by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), says Minister of Energy Donna Cansfield.

The Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury is hosting a seminar Feb. 15 about the little-known disability tax credit.

In support of Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2006, Feb. 5 to 11, the Sudbury Regional Hospital's eating disorders program is holding a poster contest for post secondary school students in northeastern Ontario.

The Ontario government is supporting tourism in Greater Sudbury with a $20,000 grant to help attract tourists to the region and to subsidize a new Visitor Information Centre downtown.

The provincial government has been busy over the past week or so handing out more money and announcing new programs designed to benefit the north.