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Nearly 2,500 Jehovah's Witnesses from north-eastern Ontario are expected to attend the District Watchtower Convention held at the Sudbury Arena this weekend. The convention, centered around remaining close to Jehovah, takes place from June 11 to 13.

The Jazz Sudbury festival is still fairly new to town, but the performers aren't. Oliver Jones will headline the show with Juno-winner Ranee Lee at the second-annual festival running from September 10 to 12 at Science North.

Jill Pessot, director of Pet Save, poses with Shizzle, a two year old female collie-shepherd who was recently rescued from a home that was destroyed by fire 35 km north of Cochrane. The man who owned the dogs died in the fire.

Lance Tomlinson was always tall for his age. That’s how he was able to sneak into pool halls when he was 12. “It was an interesting life,” he said. “I made a living at it until I was 17.

If music is the food of love, as Shakespeare said, then the characters of All Shook Up — the new Theatre Cambrian musical — are lining up for a lavish buffet.

Gospel Fest is back again to entertain folks with gospel music. The first concert is set for June 12 from 6-8 p.m. at Memorial Park downtown. Entertainers include the Rivets-Blue Grass Gospel Band. Visitors are advised to bring a lawn chair.

Mary Guy, who was diagnosed with dystonia 15 years ago, is the group leader for the Dystonia Support Group of Sudbury and District.

“While strolling on the boardwalk at Lily Creek with a friend, I caught this red-winged blackbird stretching its wings in the late afternoon breeze,” ZeZe Ferreira wrote in an e-mail to Northern Life.

Comrades Motorcycle Club, a Sudbury-based motorcycle club, held its third annual veterans ride on the weekend to raise funds for Wounded Warriors. The June 5 ride in Alliston, Ont.

Two students from Lockerby Composite School have both been shortlisted for the People’s Choice Award for the Ontario Mining Association’s “So You Think You Know Mining” Video Competition.