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Efforts by Greater Sudbury Mayor Brian Bigger to change the city's ward fund system before any city councillor spends the money drew some criticism Tuesday night. At issue was a request from Ward 12 Coun.

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The funeral information has been announced for KISS 105.3 radio host Rich Griffin, who passed away due to an aneurysm over the weekend. A visitation takes place from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.

The province's lead negotiator on resource developments in the Ring of Fire was short on details when it came to recent results from those talks.

The union was also on strike in the Peel and Durham regions until yesterday's ruling declared them illegal.

With an end to a strike by local English public high school teachers, a march by members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation originally planned for the downtown this afternoon is cancelled, say Greater Sudbury Police.

Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault says he hopes to have more information later this week on the fate of the OPP's emergency rescue helicopter the force plans to move from Sudbury to Orillia.

A press release issued by the Rainbow board late May 26 said schools will open and transportation will resume May 27. Rainbow District School Board chair Doreen Dewar said the decision to file an application to the OLRB was not taken lightly.

The teachers strike in Ontario – including at the Rainbow board in Sudbury – is illegal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled late Tuesday. Teachers and students are expected back in class Wednesday.

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