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There were more police officers than usual around the Riocan Centre Saturday, but they weren't there due to a collision or crime spree.

Laurentian University’s Bharti School of Engineering made history last month as both Junior and Senior Design teams won the 2015 Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC) in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Collège Boréal has adopted its stand-alone policy and protocol on sexual assault and sexual violence. College presidents voted unanimously in November to create a stand-alone policy and protocol that would be available at all colleges by March 31.

Laurentian University’s Vale Living with Lakes Centre (VLWLC) has been honoured with two prestigious awards from the Ontario Association of Architects.

Local business Covergalls Inc. will be featured on the CBC television program Dragons' Den once again on April 8. The company, which makes women's coveralls, was featured on the season premiere Oct.

Laurentian University English professor and Scrivener Press owner Laurence Steven is retiring in June and moving to St. Catharines.

Greater Sudbury Police Service is holding its 10th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Toll on Saturday. To date, the Toll Booth has raised in excess of $190,000. "We are aiming for another record year," said a news release.

The long winter could make for a busy spring for nuisance bear calls, but the Greater Sudbury Police are hoping residents will do what they can to minimize the problems. Const.

The skilled trades labour shortage is the greatest obstacle holding back the northeast's construction industry, says the executive director of the Sudbury Construction Association.

Rural areas are the backbone of the north, but they are falling behind when it comes to education and economic potential, says Bakhtiar Moazzami, an economics professor at Lakehead University.