Lifestyle

BY BILL BRADLEY CBC food commentator Anita Stewart has announced the annual World's Longest Barbecue celebrating the rich taste and eco-friendly aspect of eating locally.

Queen's Athletic Field will explode this evening with the sound of music as Sudbury's Blue Saints Drum and Bugle Corps, and Drum Corps International host the Yamaha Spectacle of Sound.

BY JANET GIBSON One morning last week, the maestro who supervises the annual Greek festival was sitting outside the Hellenic Centre sipping his morning coffee.

Did you know that more than 1-in-5 Canadians will experience some form of mental illness during their lifetime? Be it schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, or post-partum depression, this illness does not discriminate.

By JUDI KOSKI Sudburians will have the chance to meet the Terry Fox family and see a piece of history that has been taken on the road again. A fundraiser family barbecue will be held at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre in Bell Park July 31.

BY JANET GIBSON There's only one way to describe the Big Nickel. "It's beautiful," said Christopher Lee Mathieu, a nine-year-old boy from Rouyn Noranda, a city near the western border of Quebec.

The Vermillion Lake Neighbourhood Association is hosting an outdoor movie event Aug. 3 between 9 and 11 p.m. at the Vermillion Lake Recreation Park, located in Chelmsford.

Polio survivor Ramesh Ferris, who was adopted from India by Canadian parents in 1982, is on a mission to eradicate polio worldwide.  Ferris met his biological mother in 2002 when he visited the orphanage where he once lived.

Sara Sobey and her mother, Kim Souch, are on Kaleidescope Ride Tour across Canada, promoting autism awareness. Sara, 19, was born with autism and began singing at the age of three as a way of communicating.

By JUDI KOSKI Look no further than the picturesque shores of Sudbury's own Lake Ramsey for a unique outdoor art event featuring local aspiring artists and musicians.