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Shriners in Sudbury and Toronto have presented a cheque for $15,000 to the Pediatric botox clinic at NEO Kids, the children’s outpatient centre at Health Sciences North/Horizon Santé-Nord (HSN).

The teachers at Marymount Academy are putting their hair on the line to encourage their students to raise funds for the Northern Ontario Cancer Foundation.

St. Benedict Catholic school topped the local list in the Fraser Institute's annual survey ranking Ontario's high schools. The Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools examines schools across the province and rates them on a scale out of 10.

The federal government presents its federal budget in the House of Commons starting at 4 p.m. this afternoon. The Conservatives are expected to table a balanced budget that includes infrastructure and security spending and breaks for seniors.

In 2015, women in Ontario — particularly minorities, First Nations and those with disabilities — continue to make between 12 and 31 per cent less than their male counterparts.

The City of Greater Sudbury issued the following roads update this afternoon: Water service repair will close the eastbound lanes near Glenn and St. Joseph Streets on M.R. 80 in Hanmer, starting at 7 p.m. tonight until the morning of April 21.

Both men were members of the community you could imagine bumping into while shopping at Costco, Bruce said. Chenier was a devoted family man, who once built his children an elaborate fort from scratch, and loved the outdoors.

Tonight showers will continue with fog patches developing overnight. The overnight low will be 3 C. Tuesday, showers are expected to end in the morning, with a 60-per-cent chance of showers in the afternoon. The high for the day will be 6 C.

City councillors will be going to school this week, with two training sessions planned on key topics related to local government.

Conservation Sudbury said there's a potential for flooding, given today's heavy rain. The agency has issued a flood outlook for all local watersheds.