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Ontario is celebrating its athletes who competed and excelled at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. This year, 63 Ontario athletes were a part of the largest Canadian team ever to be sent to a Winter Olympics — competing in 93 of 98 events.

More than 400 Collège Notre-Dame students hit the streets Feb. 21 to continue their legacy of supporting local cancer research in the community. Their annual door-to-door canvass in support of the Northern Cancer Foundation (NCF) raised $26,000.

Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault said people are always shocked to see him at their doors when there isn't an election in the immediate future. “They're like 'What are you doing here?'” he said.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit issued almost double the number or blue-green algae drinking water advisories in 2013, compared to the previous year. In 2013 the health unit issued 11 such advisories, while there were seven in 2012.

Late-night revellers looking for a cab ride home from downtown bars could soon have to pay a $50 deposit before they get in, just in case the party accidentally 'spills' over into the taxi.

The Elm West Playground off Ethelbert Street was a hopping place Feb. 22 during its first annual winter family fun day.

Sudbury native Jacqueline Villeneuve said last September's terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya came as a shock, but won't dissuade her from her work helping orphaned and abandoned children in the country.

If the crowd in the Rainbow Centre Mall food court Feb. 22 is any indication, Sudbury's homeless population has a lot of people in its corner.

Last year at this time, Laurentian University was celebrating, as it had the highest increase in application numbers of any Ontario university, at 20 per cent. This year, applications at the university are down about one per cent over last year.

Some residents who normally receive curbside waste collection services on Fridays in certain areas of the city will have to wait until Saturday.