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The Sudbury Multicultural Association is helping to raise funds for the people of Nepal, who are still suffering after a devastating earthquake.

Ontario announced this week that it is providing an annual investment of $100,000 to permanently fund a forensic pathology unit in Sault Ste. Marie.

The province's plan to sell 60 per cent of Hydro One is a “short-sighted” decision that will negatively impact local electricity distribution companies like Sudbury Hydro, said the president of CUPE Ontario in a public meeting opposing the plan Wedne

The ministry made the ruling after the Minnow Lake Community Action Network, the Greater Sudbury Watershed Alliance, the Minnow Lake Restoration Group, the Ramsey Lake Stewardship Committee and the local chapter of CARP made formal requests to the MO

If you can't make tonight's public meeting on the plan to privatize Hydro One, don't worry — NorthernLife.ca has you covered. We're livestreaming the whole event. Watch it here or look for the link near the top right corner of our homepage.

Expect clear skies tonight with northwest winds of 20 km/h, gusting up to 40 km/h but tapering off into the evening. Expect an overnight low of about 5.

All five harnesses failed completely, and sent the doggy dummies flying when the centre recreated car crashes. “Catastrophic fault is the term,” Adric said.

There is a strong Sudbury connection to a movement to honour a Northern Ontario teen whose fight to bring better education to remote First Nations communities was tragically cut short.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board could make a decision this week as to whether the ongoing strike by Rainbow District School Board high school teachers is legal. That decision was expected, possibly, late last week as well.

A new trail sign unveiled today at the entrance to the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area kicks off an ambitious plan that will see 99 signs installed over the next couple of months.