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For this month’s environmental challenge, Rainbow District School Board is inviting all students and staff to pack a litterless lunch Jan. 22.

Seven-year-old Haili Bertrand cut her hair last month and donated it to be made into a wig for cancer patients. She braved the scissors in memory of her grandfather, Robert Bertrand, who passed away from lung cancer in 2008.

A major seniors development going to the planning committee Jan. 25 proposes a six-storey building in downtown Sudbury. The plan would expand the existing Red Oak Villa on Ste. Anne Road by another 114 units.

On Thursday, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation issued a third-quarter payment of $485,243 to Greater Sudbury for hosting OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs. The money represents the city's share of gambling revenue.

A late start to winter has put a delay on a number of outdoor activities, including skating on the Ramsey Lake skating path.

Two young entrepreneurs hope to change the way Sudbury residents clear their driveways during the winter season.

The 13 homicides found to have been committed in long-term care homes in 2013-2014 are just the "tip of the iceberg," says the coroner who chaired the committee that wrote the report.

A part of Burton Avenue won't re-open until this evening as city crews deal with a watermain break. Burton is closed between Kelsey Avenue and Severn Street, both of which are being used to divert traffic around the trouble spot.

The Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association will host a welcome reception for the two Syrian families that arrived in Sudbury in the past month. The reception will be held on Jan.

A group of four young Sudburians are heading to Lesvos, Greece at the end of the month to volunteer with a humanitarian organization assisting the flood of refugees arriving on the island's shores.