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OSSTF tentative deal includes pay hike for teachers

OSSTF tentative deal includes pay hike for teachers

Union leaders with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) endorsed a tentative agreement with the province last week.
Want gas at 81.5? Head to St. Catharines

Want gas at 81.5? Head to St. Catharines

While gas prices have dropped well under $1 a litre in some places in Southern Ontario, Greater Sudbury's prices have remained well over that mark. The lowest gas price in Greater Sudbury today is 112.
The smell of success: Garlic Festival packs them in for another year

The smell of success: Garlic Festival packs them in for another year

It's never hard to find Sudbury's Garlic Festival – even if you're new to the city, all you need to do is follow your nose.
Wet start to the week so grab the umbrella

Wet start to the week so grab the umbrella

The dog days of summer will be a little wet this week, and temperatures will be fall-like for most of the week. Expect your Monday to be cloudy, says Environment Canada, with 60 per cent chance of showers in the morning and early in the afternoon.
Small business should prepare for new economy: Green candidate

Small business should prepare for new economy: Green candidate

Small business owner Stuart McCall, the Green Party’s candidate in Nickel Belt, says he wants to make sure small businesses in the riding have the tools they’ll need to succeed as business shifts towards a lower-carbon economy.
Strike possible for CUPE

Strike possible for CUPE

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario's schools, requested a no-board report on Wednesday, potentially putting its members across the province in a legal strike position the first week of scho
Sudbury women 'run a muck' for a good cause

Sudbury women 'run a muck' for a good cause

About 500 women got down and dirty -- literally -- in Sudbury on Saturday, as the annual cancer research fundraiser took place on a glorious late summer day at the Adanac Ski Hill.
New Sudbury, new community festival

New Sudbury, new community festival

Community festivals — such as Capreol Days and Valley East Days — are well established in outlying areas of Greater Sudbury.
Butterfly magnet

Butterfly magnet

The mountainous slag piles at nickel miner Vale in Sudbury are becoming a favourite landing spot for one of nature’s most threatened species.
Plan will help people caring for ill family members, Liberal candidates say

Plan will help people caring for ill family members, Liberal candidates say

The Liberal Party of Canada has a new plan that will invest in economic security and growth for the middle class by giving Canadians greater access to benefits when caring for a seriously ill family member, local Liberal candidates say.