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Philosopher Ronald Sandler posed a self-admittedly controversial question Nov. 15 while participating in a panel discussion at an international symposium on extinction held at Laurentian University.

Local filmmaker Beth Mairs attended Sudbury's annual Margaret Atwood Birthday Party in 2010 with the aim of making a pitch to the Canadian literary legend.

A $4.3-million investment from the Northern Ontario Fund Corporation (NOHFC) will help a Sudbury company become a significant world producer of garnet. Mohawk Garnet Inc.

Greater Sudbury will host an open house Thursday to get the public's suggestions on what to do with the former St. Joseph’s Hospital parking lot. The meeting will be held in the foyer of Tom Davies Square between 4-7 p.m.

Police Service Board chair Ron Dupuis announced today that Insp. Dan Markiewich has been appointed acting chief of the Greater Sudbury Police Service ( GSPS ). The appointment is effective following a swearing-in ceremony Dec. 11.

Forty young educators, health care providers, artists, volunteers, researchers and entrepreneurs were honoured Thursday at a ceremony at Sudbury’s Caruso Club.

Although first-year Laurentian University student Laurel Roberts receives OSAP loans, she said it's not enough to cover her living expenses. To try to make ends meet, she works several part-time jobs for which she's paid minimum wage.

The city is looking for bidders for a major construction project, and another for major demolition project, both of which will significantly change the way Greater Sudbury looks.

If Edgar Burton were here today, he'd be ecstatic with how the food drive he started has grown into one of the largest of its kind in all of Canada. Burton died in 2010 after fighting cancer.

The demand for passport clinics is increasing, said Sudbury NDP MP Glenn Thibeault. As such, he is hosting to clinics, today and tomorrow, at the New Sudbury Shopping Centre.