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BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] The new leader of the federal Liberal party must be well respected and capable, but above all, he or she should definitely come from outside Quebec, according to newly re-elected Nickel Belt MP Ray Bonin.

BY BILL BRADLEY [email protected] There is now another option for some families needing primary health care-nurse practitioners at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON).

The new provincial phone tip line to report illegal natural resource activities has received more than 657 calls in just four months, Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay announced today.

Sudbury Regional Hospital (HRSRH) and the Holiday Inn Hotel - formerly the Howard Johnson - continued a unique partnership throughout the holiday season by offering patients? families free lodging when travelling to Sudbury to visit a loved one.

(CNW)- Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Leader John Tory is upbeat about the Conservative Party of Canada victory. ?I would like to congratulate Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party on their victory.

The future of bingo has landed in Greater Sudbury. Photocutline: Andy Szanto (right) and Dave Johnston try their luck at the new touch-screen electronic bingo terminals.

Paul Martin, the leader of the defeated Liberal government, won his seat in the riding of LaSalle-Émard in Quebec, but announced shortly after midnight Tuesday morning he will not continue as leader of the Liberal Party, which will sit in opposition.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] Ray Bonin is calm and cool most of the time, but admits he was extremely nervous as election results poured in Monday night.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] Ray Bonin is calm and cool most of the time, but admits he was extremely nervous as election results poured in Monday night.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] Veteran Liberal MP Diane Marleau is heading back to where she started out as a rookie politician in 1988 - the opposition benches in Ottawa.