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Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault and North East Local Integration Health Network CEO Louise Paquette will make an announcement Friday, March 27, on “major funding” for mental health and addictions services in the northeast.

The Elgin Street Mission — which feeds the city's needy and homeless population — is in urgent need of donations of the liquid nutritional supplement Ensure, according to a Facebook post from the agency.

Health Sciences North says it can balance its budget without any nurse layoffs, according to a budget preview the hospital released Wednesday.

Sudbury native and former NHL star forward Brian Savage has received city approval to build four seasonal homes on land he owns next to Long Lake. The approval gave Savage permission to sever his property into four lots.

Mehra spoke at a public forum Tuesday night that gathered local union and community leaders, and health care workers, to discuss the impact proposed staff reductions at Health Sciences North will have on Sudbury and northeastern Ontario.

With one exception, all the speakers at Tuesday's public meeting on the future of HCI funds in the city wanted to keep them, although many supported changing the way they are spent.

A retired United Church minister who was convicted of neglect in the death of his wife has died. Rev. Nico Vanderstoel passed away Sunday at Health Sciences North, according to his obituary. He was 76. The former St.

Drivers in Greater Sudbury are having difficulty seeing the painted lines separating lanes on city roadways, says Ward 11 Coun. Lynne Reynolds.

The funeral service two of the victims from a plane crash south of Sudbury, that killed three people, will take place at Glad Tidings Church Thursday morning.

The Piper aircraft that crashed south of Sudbury and killed three people March 17 broke apart in mid-air, says the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.