Lifestyle

A group of gardening newbies got tips about growing vegetables Aug. 15 from Ron Lewis of the Sudbury Horticultural Society. Volunteers with the Ste.

The Art Gallery of Sudbury is hoping for funding to either renovate their current home, the Bell Mansion, or find a new one.

Krysta Lamothe 10, received a backpack at O'Connor Park Club House Thursday.

Lee Cole and his partner, Elizabeth Amyotte, cater to the beach crowds in Sudbury with sinfully delicious foods. The couple have run three concessions, two in Bell Park and another at Moonlight Beach, since June 1.

Gerry Lougheed Jr., honourary chair for the Ontario SPCA, and his six-year-old cairn terrier, Louis McBuddy, sport Mickey Mouse ears during the 16th annual Paws for a Cause Walkathon kick-off. The walkathon will take place at Bell Park on Sept.

Diane Dumoulin, of Hanmer, discovered this radiant lily beetle on a plant in her garden recently. Northern Life welcomes submissions of local art and photography to be featured in the newspaper. Send high-resolution images to lifeedit@northernlife.

Summer isn’t over yet — the days are still long, and the weather warm. But kids aren’t playing outside as much as they did in summers past. Many are staying indoors, watching television or chatting online.

BY VICKI GILHULA Cinéfest organizers say it every year. And every year for the past 21 years, it’s been true. Sudbury’s International Film Festival gets bigger and better. The 2009 festival will start Saturday, Sept. 19 and run for eight days.

The Sulfur City Blues Band got to strut their stuff at the Bell Park gazebo at the main beach Aug. 8 along with six other bands. “It was an open beach party. I brought in seven bands today.

A comedy act, Women Fully Clothed-Older and Hotter, scheduled for this Thursday, Aug.