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Extreme weather conditions across much of the country at the end of December and into the New Year forced Canadian Blood Services to cancel 24 blood donor clinics, resulting in a lost opportunity to collect more than 1,200 donations, said the organiz

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas, Greater Sudbury Police Service Acting Chief Dan Markiewich, Mayor Marianne Matichuk, Crime Stoppers President Marc Bidal, Greater Sudbury Police Services Board Chair Ron Dupuis, OPP Deputy Commissioner Scott Tod and RC

On Feb. 28, the father-daughter duo of Rémi and Julianne Foisy will cast aside their family bonds and try to outdance each other in the 2014 Sudbury Dancing with Easter Seals Stars event.

If publicly funded Catholic schools were abolished in Ontario, it would save taxpayers on the order of $1 billion a year, says the founder of a group pushing for the change.

With the end of the current system of distributing medical marijuana, members of the city's planning committee say they want to be prepared in case a commercial grower comes to town looking to operate in Sudbury.

A majority of bar and restaurant owners who participated in a survey on banning smoking on outdoor patios supported the idea, with 60 per cent saying it would not hurt their business.

Greater Sudbury shed about 200 jobs last month, but a drop in the size of the labour force meant the city's jobless rate actually declined slightly. The official unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in December, down from 6.

Pirkko Lehtonen beams as she looks through a scrapbook about her life created by Grade 12 Lasalle Secondary School students Kaci Bretzlaff and Paige Cadwell.

Despite a freezing rain warning Friday, Sudbury did not face any major weather-related problems over the weekend. Greater Sudbury Police reported there were no accidents due to icy road conditions, but said motorists should exercise caution.

Three of the murals created last year by the minds behind the popular photo book We Live Up Here aren't standing up well to Sudbury's harsh winter weather.