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The Missanabie Cree First Nation and the City of Greater Sudbury are co-hosting a conference Feb. 22 and 23 aimed at building relationships between mining companies and aboriginal communities.

The Missanabie Cree First Nation and the City of Greater Sudbury are co-hosting a conference Feb. 22 and 23 aimed at building relationships between mining companies and aboriginal communities.

About 125 Laurentian University students participated in the school's annual model parliament in Ottawa earlier this month.

Inco Ltd. is one step closer to joining forces with fellow mining giant Falconbridge Ltd.

Retired general Romeo Dallaire, former Canadian commander of United Nations troops in Rwanda, will be a speaker at the Falconbridge Lecture Series at the Fraser Auditorium on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 pm.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] Valerie Risk didnÂ?t get to say much more than Â?hiÂ? to Hilary Duff during their brief meeting backstage at the Sudbury arena Jan. 18, but she still has hopes that one day theyÂ?ll be friends.

Plans to beautify the downtown core were unveiled by the Downtown Village Development Corporation (DVDC) Thursday. This conceptual image shows how the area in front of the YMCA could look after getting a design makeover.

With the snowmobile season kicking into high gear, the Sudbury Regional Hospital and its Emergency and Trauma Programs would like to remind riders that the key to avoiding injury is prevention.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] Russell McRae will never forget the summer of 2003 - but not for a good reason. Russell McRae, 22, still hasn?t received surgery for his ankle, which he injured in 2003.