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A call by Greater Sudbury Mayor Marianne Matichuk to find ways to reduce sick leave at Sudbury Transit sparked a heated response from the chair of the city's operations committee this week.

Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union, will hold the first of its regional councils Dec. 6 to 8 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto.

A community consultation will be held Dec. 11 in preparation of a Request for Tender for the delivery of pound and animal control services in the city. The meeting will take place in committee room C-11 at Tom Davies Square, 200 Brady St.

Nickel Belt MP Claude Gravelle has been asked by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to represent the party at Paul Desmarais' memorial service in Montreal on Dec. 10. "As Mr.

With the freezing rain Wednesday evening and the potential for more slippery roads today, Sudbury Student Services Consortium cancelled school buses for all four school boards in the Sudbury, Massey and Espanola areas Dec. 5.

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