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Greater Sudbury's main recycling depot on Frobisher Street was closed Friday after an early morning fire broke out. Fire crews were hosing down a large pile of recyclables Friday afternoon, as the smell of burnt paper was still strong in the area.

Greater Sudbury's jobless rate edged upwards in May, with declines both in the number of people working and looking for work. However, at 6.7 per cent, the city is still ahead of last year at the same time, when the rate stood at 7.5 per cent.

Topper's Pizza is about to undergo the biggest expansion in the company's history, with an ambitious plan to open 104 restaurants across Canada by 2018. Ron Toppazzini opened the first Topper's restaurant in Sudbury in 1982.

The Liberals are developing the Ring of Fire at the pace of “a sleepy turtle,” the audience at the all-candidates debate for Nickel Belt were told Thursday night.

A group of 25 students from Lasalle and Confederation secondary schools are among those at Juno Beach in Normandy, France today as part of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

Peroni, a longtime trustee with the Sudbury Catholic District School Board, says many job cuts would be in the bureaucracy, at the Ministry of Education, for example.

Liberal candidate Andrew Olivier said Sudbury voters should direct their anger about the quality of the city's roads to NDP candidate and Ward 1 Coun. Joe Cimino. Olivier said in a release the poor quality of Sudbury's roads are the NO.

The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is hosting its final all-candidates debate tonight at Confederation Secondary School and NorthernLife.ca will be bringing you the event live. The debate will be livestreamed starting at 7 p.m.

Mike and Julie Marsh recently opened the very first Pita Pit in Val Caron, located at 3140 Hwy. 69 N. “I was born and raised in Val Caron and I don’t plan on moving anytime soon,” Mike Marsh said.

The third annual Jordan Fram Memorial Golf Tournament will be taking place June 7 at the Timberwolf Golf Course, with 30 per cent of all profits raised going directly to the KICX for Kids fundraising campaign.