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Tonight is looking mainly cloudy with a 40-per-cent chance of showers early this evening. Skies should clear near midnight. The overnight low will be 9 C. Thursday is looking up, though, with a forecast of sunny weather with a high of 21 C.

Brooke Yeates wants to challenge people's assumptions about Sudbury. The manager of change management and organizational impacts with Vale will chair the Sudbury leg of the 2015 Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference.

During the 2013-2014 school year, four students from École Alliance St-Joseph in Chelmsford mobilized and created the "Everything counts!" committee.

YouSurf.ca (local surf and stand-up paddle company) led a volunteer Silver Beach cleanup on Aug. 23. It was a first of many beach cleanups in Sudbury.

A Louis Street apartment fire on Aug. 26 may have been deliberately set, said Greater Sudbury Fire Services. Graffiti was written on the walls in the soot from the fire, indicating the fire was deliberately set, said the fire department.

There aren't many 19-year-olds who can call themselves CEO of a robotics company.

Sunshine is predicted for the last few days of summer vacation. Today will continue to be warm with the sky clearing this evening. The overnight low will be 12 C. Wednesday is looking clear with a few scattered clouds.

The city's first potato festival — set to take place Sept. 13 — has issued a rather unusual challenge to candidates in the upcoming municipal election.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle said the province is not yet ready to announce a development corporation to lead infrastructure decisions around the Ring of Fire, despite a nearing self-imposed deadline.

The expansion of Dynamic Earth got a $1.25-million boost Aug. 25 during the Energy and Mines Minister Conference in Sudbury.