Lifestyle

Help is needed for the victims of the recent Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, according to the regional director of an organization that has been working in the country for the past two decades. A benefit concert is being organized for Jan. 29, 8 p.m.

For 30 years, Théâtre du Nouvel Ontario (TNO) has hosted amateur theatre as a way of involving the community in its productions. The annual production has become so popular, TNO officials advise buying tickets early. Starting Jan.

BY LIZ FLEMING Some years ago, while touring in Tahiti, I watched with gratitude as a young bellman struggled up two flights of stairs, lugging my seriously over-stuffed suitcase.

Local photographer Victor Frank Vere took this picture of a woodpecker making “an early morning visit,” Vere wrote in an email to Northern Life. “But (the woodpecker has been) noisy recently.

The Rainbow District School Board recently unveiled La boîte à outils French Immersion/Core French toolkit and website to support students and parents.

Close to 70 students from the Rainbow District School Board and the Catholic District School Board took part in a mock trial at the Sudbury courthouse. The case that went to mock trial involved a man charged with assaulting a peace officer.

It’s a new year, and many people resolve to get fit and healthy by joining a fitness club. However, fitness clubs are consistently listed as one of the top consumer complaints of the Ministry of Consumer Services.

On Dec. 4, 2008, Nadia Morin lost her friend Penny Frappier to cancer. Before she died, Morin made a promise to her friend that she would somehow participate in helping to find a cure for the disease.

Since 1981, the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards Program has recognized the best of Ontario’s youth.

Being only a three-man band has its challenges, said Shaun Verreault, lead guitarist and vocalist for Wide Mouth Mason. The hard-driving blues and rock influenced band will perform at Shaughnessy’s Pub and Grill, 187 Shaughnessy St., on Jan.