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NORTH BAY — Henri Giroux stood up in front of a crowd of close to 50 supporters and began to sing. “We need a new health care accord now,” chanted the president of the North Bay and District CUPE/Labour Council.

Northernlife.ca will carry live coverage tonight when city council again debates the fate of the Junior Citizens Day Care centre, something they have done several times since December 2012, when closing the city-owned facility was first discussed.

A closed-set film production will limit parking at the Minnow Lake Dog Park March 31 to April 2. The dog park will remain open to walkers and their dogs.

The Copper Cliff Smelter did not have a strong safety culture when a worker was killed last April, says Mike Bond, the United Steelworkers Local 6500's health, safety and environment chair.

Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School held a pep rally this morning for Score for NEO Kids, a ball hockey tournament that empowers kids to help kids in the community.

To celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, 2015, the Autism Ontario Sudbury and District Chapter will raise a special flag at Tom Davies Square.

Target is in the process of wrapping up its operations — it closed its Sudbury store March 30 — and retailers such as the women's clothing store Smart Set have also announced their closure.

To help kick off Maison Vale Hospice's ninth annual Hike for Hospice, the RBC donated $15,000 to the cause.

Seven Sudbury students are off to the 2015 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, New Brunswick after impressing judges this past weekend. The 46th Sudbury Regional Science Fair took place at Laurentian University March 28-29.

St. Anne Elementary School students Sebastian and Jordan Bisschops have secured their place at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in New Brunswick May 11-16. The Bisschops impressed judges with their exhibit, Zip'N'Clean.