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Through the province's new Healthy Eating in Secondary Schools program, high schools and school boards can apply for one-time grants of up to $50,000 to support innovative projects that encourage students to eat healthier.

Four northern colleges are launching a website Jan. 28 aimed at reaching out to students on northern campuses who are experiencing difficulties, including mental health issues. The website, www.bridgingthedistance.

Tonight at city hall, members of the city's planning committee will review details of 25-unit condominium proposed for the Montrose Avenue area of Lasalle Boulevard.

Members of the public are invited to a meeting Jan. 30 to get a glimpse of early proposals to redevelop the parking lot at the former St. Joseph's Health Centre on Paris Street.

The first meeting of the provincial government's review of mine safety will take place in Sudbury Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Students at Princess Anne Public School in Sudbury prepared healthy treats, made of fruit and shaped like snow men, as members from the Sudbury and District Health Unit gathered around them to announce the launch of a new program to promote healthy c

After a successful first foray into end-of-life care, Health Sciences North will host a second open forum on the topic Thursday, Feb. 6 at the Steelworkers Hall on Brady Street. Doors for the free event will open at 5:30 p.m.

A boil water advisory issued to residents of Markstay on Friday, Jan. 24, has been lifted, reported the Sudbury and District Health Unit.

While Camp Quality Northern Ontario , located on the West Arm of Lake Nipissing in Monetville, is buried under a blanket of snow this time of year, that didn't stop its campers from enjoying a day of indoors fun Jan. 26.

The president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) elementary unit in Sudbury has signed up to be a candidate in Ward 5 in Greater Sudbury's next municipal election.