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NDP health critic France Gélinas said Ontarians are owed an explanation for revelations that some people's personal health information was shared with the United States' Department of Homeland Security.

Nickel Belt MPP and NDP health critic France Gélinas introduced a bill Wednesday that will require chain restaurants to clearly list calorie information next to menu items and ban all flavoured tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco.

It took some last-minute scrambling by city staff, but city council approved a city budget increase of 2.9 per cent Wednesday night while still supporting a funding request from a medical research facility.

Mick Lowe admits he didn't really want to go to live at Pioneer Manor. “No one really does want to come into long-term care,” he said. “They don't want to leave their home.

They did not get the government inquiry they had asked for, but the United Steelworkers and members of the Mining Inquiry Needs Everyone's Support (MINES) Committee said the provincial government's decision to start a mine safety review was a big vic

Emotions were high in Estaire on Tuesday night as a Greater Sudbury Roller Derby team paid tribute to their friend and teammate Sheri-Lynn McEwan, and made a $2,400 donation to Estaire Fire Department at the same time.

The Salvation Army's addictions treatment program will effectively end on Dec. 19, and its senior counsellor fears the people it has treated will be left in the cold.

For anyone in Capreol who missed the notice from Greater Sudbury Hydro, residents on Aspen and Hanna streets in Capreol will be without power for awhile Dec. 5. A planned power outage is required to allow maintenance work in your neighborhood.

The best part of the annual Shopping with Cops event is watching the children buy presents — not for themselves, though.

African wildlife preserves have become a war zone, according to Ron Orenstein, a world-leading expert on the elephant tusk (ivory) and rhinoceros horn trade.