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A year ago, Sudbury native Jacqueline Villeneuve achieved her dream — she opened a home for orphaned and abandoned children in Donholm, Kenya.

The Ontario government wants to officially weigh in an upcoming appeal launched by Cliffs Natural Resources to overturn a provincial tribunal’s decision that denied the mining company overland access to its Ring of Fire mineral deposit.

The mechanics at Leuschen Transportation Sudbury often joke that the company's 10- and 11-year-old school buses are the “last of the good ones.” “They run well,” said Matthew Hnatuik, the company's service manager. “They rarely break down.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit has seen an increase of gastrointestinal illness in daycares, and in the community, likely due to Norovirus. Norovirus is present in the stool and vomit of those infected.

All LCBO stores will be closed Feb. 17 for Family Day, a statutory holiday under the Retail Business and Holidays Act. Some LCBO agency stores will observe their normal hours of business on Feb.

Canada’s freestyle ski mogulists have added to the nation’s growing medal count in Sochi as Alex Bilodeau and Mikaël Kingsbury captured gold and silver, respectively.

Nominations are now open for the 14th Annual Champions for Children Awards Luncheon hosted by Our Children, Our Future.

Northern Ontario mining operations could become more efficient and safe thanks to an improved solution developed by a Sudbury-based software company.

The federal government's new rules for putting up cellphone towers is a partial victory for municipalities, says a city councillor who has been a vocal critic of the old policies. “I'd go as far as calling it a minor victory,” said Ward 11 Coun.

It may not have had an impressive fireworks show, or a tab for more than $50 billion, but the opening ceremony for the Red Oak Villa Olympics went without a hitch Friday morning.