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The prelude to a possibly very snowy weekend in on tap for Friday. Flurries are expected in the morning, ending in the afternoon then mainly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries.

Maison Vale Hospice welcomed nearly 500 people to their annual fundraiser gala, held Nov. 19 at the Caruso Club. The palliative care facility is entering its eighth year.

Bob Johnston, the city's former interim CAO, says he can no longer stay silent on what he describes as the most toxic and dysfunctional working environment he has ever seen at city hall.

The Sudbury and District Health faces a funding shortfall of $562,645 that could grow to more than $750,000 by 2017 without decisive action, says its medical officer of health.

The Sudbury Shrine Club kicked off its 2015 Christmas cake campaign at Tom Davies Square on Nov. 18.

Environment is tracking a weather system that could bring heavy snow to the Greater Sudbury area that will likely hit late Saturday into Sunday morning.

A private contractor will be drilling boreholes to collect soil samples on Lorne Street between Martindale Road and Logan Avenue starting Nov. 19. The work will take place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. with intermittent lane closures.

It will be more than a year behind schedule, but on Friday Health Sciences North's Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC) will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its new research facility on Walford Road.

Given the recent terrorist attacks in France, a Sudburian presented with a peace award Nov. 19 reflected on what the world's response should be.

To say he was thrilled about the launch of the NEO Kids Foundation this morning would be an understatement, said Dr. Sean Murray, medical director of Health Sciences North's family and child program, and chief of pediatrics.