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Yeouch! Laurentian University's campus will be a lot less hairy after the WAX-4-WUSC fundraiser, set to take place in the student centre starting at noon March 30. Participants have raised pledges and will be publicly waxed by an esthetician.

Displeased with the laws concerning minimum wage, multiple workers rights organizations are holding a meeting at the Laughing Buddha on April 15 to discuss the issue.

Greater Sudbury has two roads vying for the dubious distinction as the worst roads in Ontario, as part of the Canadian Automobile Association's annual competition. As of Thursday, Highway 144 was tied for third worst with Toronto's Dufferin Street.

Eight of Greater Sudbury's outstanding citizens were celebrated at the 12th Anniversary of the Community Builders Awards of Excellence (CBAs) Gala on March 26 at the Radisson Hotel.

Health Sciences North's announcement Wednesday that it would have to cut $5.2 million from its budget and reduce just over 35 full-time equivalent non-management positions in the next fiscal year surprised at least one union leader.

Tonight periods of light snow are expected to end after midnight, then cloudy with a 60-per-cent chance of flurries. The overnight low will be -18 C. Friday will be clear with winds picking up in the afternoon.

Health Science North Foundation will transport visitors back in time to a bustling Borgia Street market for its second annual TASTE Street event at the Caruso Club on March 27 at 6 p.m.

Hundreds of Sudburians gathered at Glad Tidings Church for the funeral service held for Leo Arseneau and his wife Mary Lou.

Collège Boréal is holding its open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 28. “Come check out our programs, meet our professors, and tour our campus,” a press release said. The college's Sudbury campus is located at 21 Lasalle Blvd.

The complexities of modern police work are a major factor behind soaring policing costs, says Greater Sudbury Police Chief Paul Pedersen.