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The nitty-gritty of HSN’s budget: Local hospital spent $218M on salaries in last financial year

The nitty-gritty of HSN’s budget: Local hospital spent $218M on salaries in last financial year

HSN Foundation is already at halfway point in raising $7M for new MRI machine 
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Hot, hot days ahead for Sudbury. Learn to be cool.

Hot, hot days ahead for Sudbury. Learn to be cool.

Temperatures above 30 C with the humidex expected for the next seven days
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Assisted living should be part of LTC review, says Sudbury man living with cerebral palsy

Assisted living should be part of LTC review, says Sudbury man living with cerebral palsy

Review was announced by province after COVID-19 deaths in LTC
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Sudbury nurses rally against Bill 124, which they say has stripped away their right to bargain

Sudbury nurses rally against Bill 124, which they say has stripped away their right to bargain

‘We can’t work to rule, we can’t strike as essential workers’
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Wednesday protests: Health coalition says proposed home care changes could 'destabilize' system

Wednesday protests: Health coalition says proposed home care changes could 'destabilize' system

Ontario Health Coalition rallies take place in downtown and New Sudbury at noon Wednesday
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With pandemic pay premium still not flowing, health-care unions stage quiet sticker protest

With pandemic pay premium still not flowing, health-care unions stage quiet sticker protest

CUPE, Unifor and SEIU also wonder why thousands of their members are excluded
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Access to eye care could be in a crisis in Northern Ontario, says optometrists group

Access to eye care could be in a crisis in Northern Ontario, says optometrists group

Thirty years of underfunding ran smack-dab into a pandemic and the head of the Ontario Association of Optometrists says there are optometry practices that aren’t going to make it out the other side
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Dealing with the mental health impacts of pandemic, social distancing

Dealing with the mental health impacts of pandemic, social distancing

Data shows most Ontario residents feeling pandemic-related anxiety
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Report shows city’s opioid crisis worsening and finds most support supervised consumption sites

Report shows city’s opioid crisis worsening and finds most support supervised consumption sites

Frequency of EMS calls for suspected opioid overdoses more than doubled from 2018 to 2019, while nearly 60% of people consulted said supervised sites would help protect users and the public
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Going the distance: Cancer foundation staffer runs 100 miles at Kivi Park, raises $6K

Going the distance: Cancer foundation staffer runs 100 miles at Kivi Park, raises $6K

Mary-Elizabeth Schweyer loves running ultra-marathons, and when her summer races were cancelled, she decided to run one by herself for a good cause
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