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The Sudbury Federal Green Party Association will be holding a nomination meeting to select a candidate for the 2015 general election or an earlier byelection, should one be called. The meeting will take place on Monday, March 23 at 6 p.m.

Federal Liberals in Sudbury will nominate a candidate March 28, but no one's sure whether it will be for a byelection or for a full election.

Heading into next week's public consultation on the future of the $600,000 ward funds, even the most strident supporters of the policy are acknowledging city councillors will likely have to relinquish their spending powers over the money.

Tonight will be clear with little chance of precipitation. The overnight low will be -14 C. Thursday will be sunny with winds blowing at around 20 km/h in the afternoon. The high for the day will be 1 C, and the low -6 C.

YWCA Sudbury executive director Marlene Gorman said she's never surprised with the calibre of women nominated every year for the YWCA Sudbury Women of Distinction Awards.

The province's decision to spend $7.

A new program aimed at improving access to care for patients with chronic conditions will be officially launched Monday at Tom Davies Square.

Lisa Haslam-Stroud, president of the Ontario Nurses' Association, said the cuts will affect in-patient psychiatry, day surgery, operating rooms, surgical units, diabetes care, mental health and addictions, critical care, the hospital's family and chi

A provincial plan to end sexual harassment and violence is going to force universities and colleges to stop ignoring the problem, said the co-ordinator of the Laurentian University Women's Centre .

Greater Sudbury Police Chief Paul Pedersen will speak at a chamber of commerce luncheon next week on the topic of the future of policing.