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Szilva and other dignitaries will gather for a ceremony at the attraction — now located alongside the Dynamic Park science centre — starting at 1 p.m. He said he's excited for the occasion. “I think it's wonderful,” Szilva said.

Paving and line painting at the intersection of Notre Dame and Lasalle is now complete, said the city.

If elected mayor, John Rodriguez says he would lobby the province to sell Hydro One assets in the city to Greater Sudbury Utilities, ensuring all residents pay the same lower rate.

This fall, steps will be taked to reduce the burden of kidney disease with the annual Kidney Walk. The event takes place at Elizabeth Gazebo Bell Park on Sept. 21. Participants will walk a few kilometres. Registration begins at 9 a.m.

Sunny skies with a high of 25 C expected Friday. Don't forget to use suncreen -- the UV index is expected to be 8 or higher. Looking ahead, more sunshine predicted for the weekend. Saturday temperatures will hit a high of 26 C and a low of 15 C.

Greater Sudbury should stop charging fees to residents who bring trash to the city's landfill sites, says one of the candidates running for mayor in the Oct. 27 municipal election.

When the school opened in 2005, it was Canada's first medical school in more than 30 years. “We had more freedom to do that than other medical schools that already had an existing curriculum,” Ritz said.

Apparently, Eastlink TV's Robert “Super Pie-Man” Savignac knows how to get to the bottom of a good blueberry pie — and fast.

Gisèle Regimbal has been appointed Laurentian University's chief of staff to the president, effective Aug. 18. “We are pleased to welcome Ms.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit and the Ministry of the Environment are currently investigating a possible blue-green algal bloom at Moonlight Beach on Ramsey Lake.