Local News

Although the weather is expected to remain unseasonably warm this week, there is no immediate risk of flooding at low-lying areas, says the general manager of Conservation Sudbury.

Today's a special day for a Grade 6 École catholique Félix-Ricard, Darquise Frappier, and her family. The young volunteer is being honoured at Queen's Park today with an Ontario Junior Citizen Award from the Ontario Community Newspaper Association.

Logically enough, a one-day event dedicated to growing your own food itself keeps growing.

Rejoice! Gas prices in Greater Sudbury have dropped down into the low 90s, mostly, to start the week. Most gas stations in town are currently between 90.2 and 91.6, according to GasBuddy.com.

While it's not officially spring for another two weeks, Sudburians will get a break this week from winter, with temperatures above freezing in the forecast until the weekend.

Members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 Ladies Auxiliary are seen presenting the Branch with $10,000. Emma Goedhuis, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, gives the cheque to Branch President Dave Petrynchyn. Supplied photo.

If you want to prepare your business for the future, harness the greatest resource local universities and colleges have to offer – students. That's the message Universities of Canada president Paul Davidson shared with Sudbury businesses March 3.

The Home Depot Canada Foundation recently joined forces with The Street Youth Planning Collaborative – Youth Leaders Committee (SYPC YLC) to present four youth-serving organizations with Orange Door Awards.

St. Peter's United Church Syrian Refugee Sponsorship group is working to bring a family of 10 fleeing their country's brutal civil war to Canada.

Dynamic Earth reopens for the season with their newest exhibit – Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived. Extinct for more than two million years, the Megalodon is considered the worlds biggest predator at 18 metres long.