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The winter weather is taking its time settling in this year, and there's no doubt that outdoors enthusiasts are growing impatient.

Westbound traffic on Van Horne Street has been reduced to one lane due to a watermain break. Crews are on site at Van Horne Street, just east of Paris Street. There is currently no estimated time of when the repairs will be completed.

Last week, Yvan Chenier received the best present he could have ever imagined — he found his birth family. Born Feb. 1, 1975 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Chenier was adopted to Robert and Colette Chenier in April of that year.

The OPSEU bargaining team for frontline correctional services workers has reached an agreement to settle all outstanding issues in contract talks with the Government of Ontario.

It might be a good weekend to binge on some television shows or movies as it's going to be a pretty sloppy couple of days. Saturday overcast with periods of snow changing to periods of rain in the morning.

Now that the weather has turned cold and ice is thickening nicely on area lakes, it’s time to turn our thoughts to the glory of ice fishing.

Ying Xiang Food Inc. is recalling Ying Xiang (Chinese characters only) brand frozen seafood products from the marketplace because they may contain egg which is not declared on the label.

Musician Steven Page will give a free keynote address at Laurentian University's Fraser Auditorium Thursday, Jan. 28, about his own struggles with depression.

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas said Friday that the job numbers for December 2015 show that the provincial government has failed Sudbury families. Unemployment has risen 2.4 per cent compared to the same time last year and now stands at 8.

A section of Lorne Street near the Independent Grocers is currently closed in both directions after a police cruiser was involved in a collision with another vehicle.