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Cambrian College is conducting a lockdown drill Oct. 5 at its Barrydowne campus to test its emergency preparedness. The time of the test will not be announced to students and staff in advance of the drill.

Construction at the intersection of Elgin and Beech streets is scheduled to resume Monday, nearly a week after a 58-year-old woman was killed when she was struck by a construction grader at the site.

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, the U.S. space agency announced this week. And the pictures show a surprisingly complex and violent history.

Saturday there will be a mix of sun and cloud. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High of 12. Saturday night will be cloudy. Low of plus 4. Sunday will be cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers. High of 11.

Eight third-year Cambrian College Graphic Design students have teamed up with local businesses to give them an online edge.

A local grocery store was awarded a bronze award at the 53rd Annual Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year Awards Ceremony recently. Battistelli's Independent Grocer in Lively was presented with the award in the Medium Surface Category.

The Sudbury Women's Centre — which has a clothing room for those in need — is seeking donations of winter coats and clothing for children and babies.

More than $69 million in funding Friday for seven northern highway projects to improve bridges, culverts and roads was announced by Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault Oct. 2.

Vale’s aerial seeding program takes flight this afternoon and will continue for three to four days. The program targets barren land and is part of regreening efforts around the company’s operations.

As a young indigenous woman, Lyric Seabrook said she finds it scary so many Aboriginal women and girls have been murdered or gone missing.