Lifestyle

The threats of climate change seem to be on everyone’s mind, coming up at city council, consortiums and committees across Sudbury.

Redwood Acres students Mackenzie Blain, Tori Pennington and Sam Makela help out with the food drive at their school. Students in Grades JK to 5 will try to collect a minimum of 3,500 canned goods by Dec. 4.

Consider visiting a local sporting goods store when shopping for the winter sport enthusiast on your holiday list. Sportchek carries Lycra socks that keep moisture away from feet. They retail from $9.99 for kids to $29.99 for adults (two-pack).

Christmas ornaments, like the one pictured below, retail for $8.95 at Science North’s Whizards gift shop. The light-up ornament requires two AA batteries. They are available in Santa, bear, penguin and reindeer designs.

The annual Sudbury Charities Foundation Festival of Lights is set to light up the night sky at Science North for this year's holiday season, after weeks of hard work by volunteers. The lights will turn on for the first time this season on Nov.

Claire Vincent-Viau, interim executive director with the Northern Cancer Research Foundation, holds up the new 2010 Hope Collection jewellery, locally made by Bead Diva. The jewelry is made with lamp-work beads and have a black crystal centre.

It’s that time of year again – time to give back to the people in your life that have made a difference. With so many people to thank, it can be difficult to come up with an appropriate gift for everyone on your list.

Margaret Atwood called Sudbury a symbol of hope during a dinner at Laurentian University Nov. 19 in celebration of her 70th birthday and the launch of her latest novel, The Year of the Flood.

Confederation Secondary School students will watch a presentation about road safety this afternoon, Nov. 23.

For the last 10 years, Silvia Rios, owner of La Casa Mexicana, has been living her dream of feeding residents of Greater Sudbury traditional Mexican food, first from a booth in Market Square and now from two restaurants, one on Elgin Street and the o