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Thirty-nine more employees at Health Sciences North joined the 2015 Sunshine List, compared to the previous year .

When Suzanne Bernier watched the coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, she saw death, devastation and destruction. When she landed on the ground in her role as a crisis management consultant, she quickly realized the reports had left something out.

Maxwell, Hot Lips and Bowes need your help The three dogs, all in the care of the Ontario SPCA Sudbury & District Animal Centre, have all needed special medical treatment Maxwell is a three-year-old male German Shepherd-mix.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board and the OECTA Sudbury Occasional Teachers ratified their collective agreement this week, the board announced Thursday. The agreement covers the period between Sept. 1, 2014 to Aug. 31, 2017.

On Thursday, the Province of Ontario released the list of provincial, municipal and other public sector workers who make more than $100,000 a year.

Due to the winter storm, the Dean Strang presentation scheduled for this evening at Laurentian University has been cancelled. "We apologize for any inconvenience and we hope to re-schedule at a later date," said a post on the school's Facebook page .

Due to poor weather in Toronto, one Air Canada flight has been cancelled, and a Porter Flight has been delayed. The Air Canada flight was expected to arrive in Sudbury around 1:15 p.m., and the Porter flight has been delayed until 4:20 p.m.

Despite today's late March winter storm, the city's school buses will pick up students as usual this afternoon, but parents might want to be prepared for delays.

Former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi has been acquitted on all counts in his high-profile sexual assault case.

The grand opening of the new All Nations Church building takes place at 10 a.m. Easter Sunday (March 27). The monolithic dome building, located at 414 St. Raphael St., held its first service in February.