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Northern Credit Union is bringing an innovative new, free networking event for small businesses to Sudbury. Small Business Rocks combines live music, expert speakers and great food and prizes, with a brand new networking event taking place Feb.

Borehole drilling will take place on MR 35, between Highway 144 in Chelmsford and Notre Dame East in Azilda, from Feb. 24 to March 31. Work will take place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. One lane of traffic will closed while work is being done.

A major winter storm that is expected to affect Ontario Wednesday and Thursday is likely to miss Sudbury. The winter storm watch had been issued for Sudbury and area on Monday, but the special weather statement was ended as of 3:50 p.m.

The second day of the Stephen Perry inquest started Tuesday with testimony from four witnesses, including his former supervisor, and a Ministry of Labour mine inspector. Perry, 47, was killed at Vale's Coleman Mine on Jan.

Low-income Sudburians could save on their utility bills and have cozier homes thanks to the Union Gas Home Weatherization Program. The program helps income-eligible households install insulation and other energy-savings upgrades.

The Flour Mill Community Farm organizing committee is inviting neighbours to share a meal and provide input into the development of Sudbury’s first urban community farm.

A mild fall in 2015 more than made up for the brutal winter and late spring last year, leaving the city with a roughly $600,000 surplus in its winter control budget. In a report going to the Feb.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne formally apologized to French-speaking Ontarians on Monday for actions of past governments that aimed to prevent them from going to school in their own language.

Most gas stations are charging 93.6 this morning, according to GasBuddy.com . The cheapest gas in town is 91.9 at Independent at the Pumps on Lorne. The most expensive gas in the city is 94.9 at Esso in Azilda.

Cloudy skies for Tuesday with a 40 per cent chance of flurries. High will be -1. Tuesday evening will be mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of flurries. Low will get down to -6.