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The Northern Initiative for Social Action (NISA) is offering artists a series of workshops Feb. 2-6 designed to help them make money from their work.

The United Way is looking for nominations of people between the ages of 20 and 39 for its GenNext Volunteer Awards.

With less than a week before Sudbury's Feb. 5 byelection, Premier Kathleen Wynne returned to campaign with Liberal candidate Glenn Thibeault.

Despite her best efforts to reduce her energy usage, Thérèse Millette's last hydro bill, for her small Sudbury apartment, was $228.

A house fire in Capreol Saturday morning displaced three people. Greater Sudbury Fire Services said the fire, to a home on Young Street, caused severe damage to the tune of $175,000.

Dozens of people had to stand at the back of Sudbury's Church of the Epiphany to join the outpouring of grief and remembrance for Sgt. Jesse Tait. OPP officers recovered Tait's body from the Kaministiquia River near Thunder Bay on Jan. 22.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit reminds anyone who was at the Casey's Bar and Grill, located at 1070 Kingsway Boulevard, between Jan. 15, 2015 and Jan. 20, they can still receive a vaccine at the health unit office.

Sudbury emergency medical services treated a person for minor burns at the scene of a house fire on Martindale Road Friday night. The person was evacuated from the home, and three people have been displaced by the fire.

Update: The City of Greater Sudbury warned residents they should conserve water, due to a water main break, but in an update the city said water pressure is normal.

Nurses with the North East Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) say they feel undervalued as they started a provincewide strike Jan. 30.