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Daylights Savings starts Sunday, March 8. Before heading to bed Saturday night, don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour. This will allow for more daylight later in the evening. U.S.

Pharmacists at 15 Loblaw pharmacies across northeastern Ontario will encourage their customers to get screened for colorectal cancer as part of a new campaign called Let's Wipe Out Colon Cancer.

Greater Sudbury will have a tough time increasing provincial gas tax revenue by offering more free rides to seniors and other groups, according to a report going to the budget committee this week.

Residents who are getting their drinking water at municipal filling stations on Bay Street in Whitefish and on Bancroft Drive, near Moonlight Beach Road, will have to find alternate locations.

Eastlink is extending its TV leadership with the launch of the Eastlink Maestro Streamer.

Tonight will be clear with winds up to 40 km/h. The overnight low will be -18 C, -25 C with the windchill. Increasing cloudiness Tuesday with snow beginning late in the morning. Expect about five to 10 cm of snowfall.

Imagine if a machine could pour you a perfect serving of your favourite mixed drink with the press of a button. A third-year electronics engineering student at Collège Boréal put that idea into practice with his final project for the program.

Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault has been named parliamentary assistant to Glenn Murray, the minister of the Environment and Climate Change. A news release said Thibeault will focus on the issue of climate change.

R.L. Beattie Public School got top marks in the Fraser Institute’s annual elementary school rankings report, while Marymount Academy and Lo-Ellen Park Secondary were tied as the highest rated high schools in Sudbury.

The implementation of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan could have a negative impact on Sudbury's economy, says the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce.