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During her 25-year career as a nurse, Rumball said she probably missed only five days of work due to illness. She was an active jogger, power walker and regularly trained with weights.

A mainstay of Durham Street will close its doors this fall.

She'd been on the kidney transplant wait list for nearly seven years when she received the call that a kidney from a deceased donor was available.

Tonight, will be partly cloudy with a temperature high of 21 C, and will feel more like 25 C with the humidity. The overnight low will be 16 C. There is a 40-per-cent chance of showers Thursday morning, with a risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.

All candidates running for mayor in the Oct. 27 provincial election have been invited to a debate on seniors issues, scheduled for Oct. 9.

Tipping fees at all Greater Sudbury landfill and waste diversion sites will be waived from Sept. 22-27. Residents can deliver discarded household items to local landfill sites, at no charge, during the week.

Five students have graduated from the first North East Local Health Integration Network -supported personal support worker program in Fort Albany . The five students from the First Nations community on the James Bay coast graduated Aug. 27.

The launch goes at 5:30 p.m. Also on Thursday, former Auditor General Brian Bigger will release his first campaign platform since he launched his bid for the mayor's job last month. Bigger will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m.

Cambrian College is leading the province in percentage year-over-year applicant growth, a press release from the college said.

A water main break has closed Attlee Avenue from Lynwood Drive to Dublin Street now until 4 p.m. Thursday. Local traffic and emergency vehicles will continue to have access during repairs, according to a release from Greater Sudbury.