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Malaria and dengue fever may not exist in Northern Ontario, but a Sudbury-based researcher has developed a method to reduce the populations of mosquitoes that carry the potentially deadly diseases.

A water main break at MR80 and MacKenzie Street in Val Caron will shut down water delivery to homes and businesses from Yorkshire Drive to 500 metres north of Main Street (around the Caisse Populaire) from 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 to 9 p.m.

Muslim leaders around the world are speaking out against the atrocities carried out by the jihadist terrorist group - the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Health care workers with Mine Mill Local 598/Unifor picketed Thursday for the province to impose minimum staffing standards in long-term care facilities. Jennifer Foslett, a personal support worker at St.

The first of 12 ward debates kick off tonight, with the eight candidates running in Ward 1 squaring off at the Caruso Club on Haig Street beginning at 7.

The Ministry of Transportation must challenge the cars-first culture that remains entrenched within Ontario’s transportation planning profession, said Sudbury MPP and NDP Transportation critic Joe Cimino in a release.

Ido Vettoretti remembers a time when a game of road hockey in Copper Cliff could be interrupted by heavy air pollution. “I grew up in the days when there were three stacks in Copper Cliff,” he said.

Paving on Dominion Drive between Elmview Drive and 1.5 km East will continue from Monday, Sept. 22 until Friday, Sept. 26 between the hours of 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. One lane of traffic will be maintained in alternating directions via flag people.

When Harneet Gill travelled to the Arctic to conduct research for her master's in environmental studies she saw first-hand the impact of climate change.

Animal lovers were out in full force with their furry friends to support the Ontario SPCA Sudbury and District Branch through the Friends of Life Walkathon Sunday.