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Canadian musical legend Bruce Cockburn is one of those who will receive an honourary degree from Laurentian University during its spring convocation ceremonies next month.

Azilda resident Richard Loiselle recently won $50,000 through playing Instant $100 Million$ Prestige. The lottery is available for $10 a play, and the top prize is $1 million.

“Proceeds will go toward the life-sized bronze sculpture of Stompin’ Tom Connors, to be installed in Downtown Sudbury. You know, we’re the first in Canada to honour Stompin’ Tom in this way, and it’s a grassroots project.

On May 30, Deanna Lebel will rapel down the 24-storey Place du Canada building in downtown Montréal as part of Make-A-Wish's Rope for Hope fundraiser .

Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak's plan to cut 100,000 public service jobs if he is elected could put more than 2,700 people in Sudbury out of work, said Warren (Smokey) Thomas, the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OP

A water main break on the Kingsway has reduced traffic to one lane in each direction near Dairy Queen. Crews are on site to repair the break. It is anticipated that the lanes will re-open late tonight.

A 23-year-old man was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the vehicle he was driving collided with a tractor trailer on Highway 17 around 6:40 a.m. on Friday.

“Not every single word makes it into a platform,” Gélinas said, when asked why those measures weren’t spelled out in the party’s election platform. “It is implicitly included when Andrea talks about transparency and accountability.

The co-op applied to occupy the space rent-free for a period, and then at a subsidized rate after that. “From a landlord's point of view, we're collecting the full rent,” Zito said.

Early morning showers and a risk of a thunderstorm are expected to hit Sudbury on Friday. The skies will clear in the afternoon with a mix of sun and cloud. Temperatures will reach a high of 14 C with a low of 10 C overnight.