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Ontario's high hydro costs were top of mind for Paula Peroni and Progressive Conservative interim leader Jim Wilson at press conference Jan. 16.

The lineup for the fifth annual Dancing with Easter Seals Stars is set, and the stars are lacing up their dancing shoes for the Feb. 27 event. This year's lineup includes entrepreneurs, a radio personality, a filmmaker and a comedian, to name a few.

Around two cm of snowfall is predicted for this evening, with the high sitting at -4 C. Periods of snow are expected to end near midnight, with the temperature falling to -17 C overnight, feeling more like -25 C with the windchill.

The Sudbury Playground Hockey League Greater Sudbury Police Cup Tournament, which takes place Jan. 16-18 at Countryside and Cambrian Arenas, is about more than just hockey.

Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath joined NDP candidate Suzanne Shawbonquit in greeting a packed room of supporters who came out for the NDP campaign open house Jan. 17.

Despite frigid temperatures, Liberal candidate Glenn Thibeault and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne greeted skaters on the Ramsey Lake skating path with hot chocolate and snacks as they launched the 'Team Thibeault RV'.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was the guest of honour as Collège Boréal kicked off a year-long celebration of its 20th anniversary Friday evening. “I'm very proud to be celebrating your inspiring achievements over the past 20 years,” said Wynne.

Recordings released by former Liberal candidate Andrew Olivier show the Liberals violated the Elections Act, says NDP MPP Gilles Bisson.

Calls by Ontario's Progressive Conservatives for him to be suspended from Sudbury's police services board are “political,” and he won't be resigning, Gerry Lougheed Jr. said Friday. “I think it's all about politics,” Lougheed said.

Greater Sudbury Hydro just issued the following news release: Power has been restored to approx 1,000 Greater Sudbury Hydro customers affected by an outage this afternoon.