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BY MICHAEL JAMES André Bélanger, a seemingly healthy 34-year-old Chelmsford man, died Easter weekend and his shocked and grief-stricken family want to know why.

Pier 1 Imports officially opens its 10,000 square foot store on Marcus Drive in New Sudbury this Saturday. Pier 1 is one of the North America?s largest specialty retailer of imported decorative home furnishings and gifts.

BY CRAIG GILBERT craig@northernlife.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.ca Property owners can expect another tax increase starting next year to ensure roads across the City of Greater Sudbury can be rebuilt and maintained for years to come.

The glass ceiling over the City of Greater Sudbury continued to crack in 2002. Judith Woodsworth For the first time in the city?s history, women occupy many of the top seats in the academic and health-care fields.

The first major snowfall of the fall season always means trouble on Sudbury and area highways and roads and Greater Sudbury Police are urging all drivers to use extra precaution following Tuesday morningÂ?s early morning storm.

Laurentian University students will have access to an ?express bus? during peak times in the morning and afternoon.

By Keith Lacey After a couple of months on the job, Laurentian University?s new president said the school and city have plenty of hard work ahead to overcome Sudbury?s poor reputation as a place to go to school or start a new business.

BY BILL BRADLEY Two Lively residents are complaining of health problems because of soot falling on their property from Inco tailings across the road.

SUV lost control and struck gas main on corner The driver of an SUV that slid into a gas main at the corner of Southview Drive and Martindale Road in the wee hours of Christmas Eve may be charged with careless driving, according to Greater Sudbury Po