Lifestyle

Ribfest is back for a second-helping this Labour Day weekend. Featuring the delicious fares of five out-of-town rib specialists, the food fest takes place downtown, beginning Friday at noon until Sunday at 4 p.m.

Former Canadian astronaut and Liberal MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie Marc Garneau toured Science North Aug. 31. Garneau is in Sudbury to attend the summer retreat of the federal Liberal caucus.

The Summer Water Sports professional ski show team performed numerous shows at Sudbury’s Summerfest over the weekend.

Victor Frank Vere, of Sudbury, had a ring-side seat as his Siamese cats, brother and sister Azzurri and Misou, “enjoyed a flower pot round recently in the rare sunshine we have had this summer,” he wrote in an e-mail to Northern Life.

On Aug. 22, Lion Walter Karen of the Minnow Lake Lions Club, recipient of the “Bob Ogilvy Honorary Award,” donated $500 to the District A-5 Memorial Forest in Iron Bridge.

A total of 27 permanent new teachers are participating in the Rainbow District School Board’s New Teacher Induction Program in 2009-2010.

Theatre Cambrian's Kids' Curtain will be returning this season with a production of Disney’s Aladdin Jr.

The comedy troupe Second City will be making a stop at the Mine Mill Hall on Sept. 12 as part of their 2009-10 cross-country tour. Theatre Cambrian has hired the group to perform a one-night show of their hit sketch comedy show Economy of Errors.

Shelly Glover, Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages and Member of Parliament (Sainte Boniface), pictured with Science North CEO Jim Marchbank announced $490,000 in funding for the new digital dome planetarium from the Government of Canada.

After recently returning from a humanitarian trip to the Dominican Republic, five local students want to raise awareness and finances for people in the country.