Lifestyle

(CNW) For many Canadians, the holidays bring added stress to already busy lives. Gill Deacon, host of CBC Television's new daytime talk show, is one such Canadian.

Does your creative writing need a boost? Are you having trouble finding your voice in your creative writing? Join The Writer's Circle at NISA this Saturday, Dec. 9, for a workshop.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Before the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) opened in September 2005, Laurentian film studies professor Hoi Cheu was asked to make a short film documenting the school's first year.

Fifteen years ago on Dec. 6, 1989,  14 women were murdered at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Rob DiMeglio is one of thousands, perhaps millions, of disabled Canadians who benefits from 21st century technology. Although almost completely blind, DiMeglio  can make use of technology to read and use the Internet.

The holiday season is a wonderful time, but paying for it can turn the new year into a financial nightmare. How do you conquer that post-December debt? The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario has some advice...and it doesn't cost a thing.

The Art Gallery of Sudbury will present a free talk on native art entitled The Algonkians: Traders, Navigators, Image Makers this Thursday at 7 pm at the gallery on John St. The talk will be presented by guest curator Bonnie Devine.

(CNW) According to the 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS), there is a steady increase in marijuana use over the past decade.

The Sudbury Charities Foundation's Annual Christmas Festival of Lights will kick off on the grounds of Science North  this evening (Friday) at 6 pm.

Sudbury's Christian radio station, CJTK, will once again be hosting a concert at the CPR Train Station in Elgin St. as the Holiday Christmas Train makes another appearance in downtown Sudbury.