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Big changes are coming to the way home and community care are handled in Ontario, says NDP health critic France Gélinas. “I am 100-per-cent sure that changes are coming to the structure of the system,” said Gélinas, the MPP for Nickel Belt.

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Since the end of the First World War, memorials to remember those of the armed forces who fought in battle and perished in the line of duty have been dedicated on this day. In British Commonwealth countries and territories like Canada, Nov.

Although Environment Canada has not issued a fog alert as it did yesterday morning, it's another foggy morning in Greater Sudbury. Fog was still thick in downtown Sudbury as of 8 a.m., and visibility low.

Bad news for Sudbury drivers — gas prices have spiked more than four cents a litre over the past day, bringing most local gas stations to 109.9, according to GasBuddy.com .

Get those umbrellas out today. Wednesday's forecast is calling for mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers. Fog patches are expected in the morning. High 8.

It was a tasty kickoff Nov. 6 to the Sudbury Food Bank's Christmas Card campaign. Ten cakes from 10 different chefs were tasted and tested in the first cake-decorating competition.

The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has advised the Sudbury & District Health Unit that results from samples taken Nov. 5 from Hanmer Lake are positive for blue-green algae (cyanobacteria).

Most people think famed Apple CEO Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer. In fact, the guru of digital culture was felled by a rare and difficult to diagnose cancer called carcinoid neuroendocrine tumours (CNET). Today, Nov.

If you can’t make it to the Remembrance Day service at Sudbury Arena but would still like to pay your respects, NorthernLife.ca has you covered. We’ll be livestreaming the entire ceremony starting at 10:30 a.m. this morning.