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A fire in Hanmer on Monday night caused $10,000 damage to a mobile home, and left one man without a place to live. It took 16 firefighters from four Greater Sudbury fire stations to extinguish the blaze, which was reported just after 9 p.m.

News that the Ontario Provincial Police has cleared the Ontario Liberal Party of allegations it tried to bribe him in exchange for quitting the race doesn't change a thing, Andrew Olivier said Monday.

While tobogganing is a beloved pastime and rite of passage for many Canadians, only motorsports results in more serious spine and head injuries.

Temperatures are expected to fall later this evening. Currently, we’re sitting at -20 C. The overnight low will be -29 C, feeling more like -38 C with the windchill. Tuesday will be sunny with 20 km/h winds.

Green Party candidate David Robinson will push to make Sudbury Ontario’s global centre for mining excellence, the party said in a press release.

The Homelessness Network of Sudbury has announced an Extreme Cold Weather Alert in Greater Sudbury for the next 24 hours.

Skaters who visited Queen's Athletic Field over the weekend were greeted with a number of “no sliding” signs and orange fencing at the once popular sliding hill next to the skating oval.

In what will likely be its final report for Greater Sudbury, the city's closed-door meeting investigator has cleared council following a complaint from last summer.

Northern Ontario Business is offering its yearly scholarships to all high schools across Northern Ontario. “We have two fantastic Scholarship opportunities for Grade 12 students enrolling in post-secondary in 2015,” said a news release.

When Cristina Masotti's mother fell ill in 2007, it encouraged the musician to begin a second career in health care. Her mother's nurse at Toronto's St. Joseph's Health Centre, Linda Fair, had a profound impact on Masotti.