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While most of the roughly 600 Sudburians who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness are able to find a warm place to sleep in winter, the executive director of The Samaritan Centre said there's a handful who sleep outside.

Susan Thirkill, a broker with of Cambrian Insurance Brokers in Sudbury, has cracked the top 30 insurance brokers in Canada, as selected by Insurance Business Magazine.

The Sudbury Community Foundation is currently accepting Stage 1 grant applications. The deadline is March 1.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit has issued a boil water advisory for all residents of Markstay who draw their water from the municipal water system.

Three local non-profit organizations are receiving a combined total of $51,600 in provincial funds to help provide supportive housing services in our community, said Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.

It was a coffee meeting that led 25-year-old Lively native David Wilkin to launch his business, Redwood Strategic Inc., four years ago. At the time, he was working for the federal government as a spokesperson on youth issues.

Things were looking rosy for Encore Theatre Company just before Christmas. Having secured a 1,200 square foot former retail space on Elm Street, the troupe thought they'd achieved their ambition of finding the perfect spot for their own theatre.

A fire at a seniors' residence in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, that has left three people dead, and another 30 unaccounted for has had a strong impact on Tony Parmar, director of Pioneer Manor.

Poor planning by Ontario's governing Liberals has played a major role in the problems plaguing the development of the Ring of Fire, the leader of the province's New Democrats said in Sudbury this week.

Thanks to the work of Laurentian University forensic science professor Tracy Oost, another mystery surrounding the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic has been solved.