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Timmins hockey players Collin Clarke and Kevin Walker will be rollerblading from Sudbury to Timmins Sept. 22 to raise awareness and funds for the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Foundation. The foundation helps kids in need participate in sports.

A story about kicking cancer's butt kicked into high gear the fundraising effort for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's CIBC Run for the Cure.

There were 11 confirmed blue-green algae blooms in Sudbury and district lakes in 2015, says the Sudbury and District Health Unit.

The City of Greater Sudbury is reminding citizens that residential tipping fees will be waived at all Greater Sudbury landfill and waste diversion sites from Sept. 21, to Sept. 26.

Prices at most local gas stations have gone down about another two cents, just in time for the weekend. Most Sudbury gas stations are charging 104.6 today, according to GasBuddy.com . The cheapest gas in town, at 102.

That warm spell was nice while it lasted, but all good things must come to an end. The temperature will dip on Friday and there is a risk of thunderstorm in the forecast. Showers will show up throughout with risk of a thunderstorm. High 21.

Health Sciences North Foundation (HSNF) and the Northern Cancer Foundation (NCF) held a high class fundraiser dinner on Sept. 17. The joie de vivre fundraiser was held in support of Health Sciences North's Medical Learners Centre.

The Health Sciences North Volunteer Association presented researcher Dr. Janet McElhaney with a cheque for $150,000 to continue her work as the HSN Volunteer Association Chair in Healthy Aging at the hospital.

Updated Sept. 18 at 12 p.m. A fire affecting a one-storey detatched garage on McLean Street Sept. 17 caused heavy smoke and fire damage, with an estimated loss of about $20,000.

It was another extraordinary turn out for Sudbury's Take Back the Night march on Sept. 17. Sudburians number in the hundreds, women and men alike, took to the streets to march together to raise awareness around violence against women.