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LCBO stores in Sudbury will host the Giving Back Where We Live campaign in support of the United Way Sudbury and Nipissing Districts. From Sept. 26 to Oct.

Ontario is now the first province in Canada to allow drivers to renew their licences online. Eligible drivers who renew online at ServiceOntario.

United Way Sudbury and Nipissing Districts is in need of volunteers to serve on the Citizens Advisory Panels (CAP). CAP volunteers will meet with Sudbury agencies and make funding recommendations for local social service programs.

Babies can stay in strollers on Sudbury Transit buses, at least for the next year, following a recent vote by the city's operations committee. The trial policy allows caregivers to use fold-up seats on buses, seats intended for people in wheelchairs.

Target Canada moved quickly Tuesday to deny a TV report that it was refusing to allow members of the Royal Canadian Legion inside its Canadian stores to sell poppies this year.

Given that Sudbury Secondary School is more than a century old, it also has an inventory of aging musical instruments, according to one of the school's music teachers.

The $1,050,000 fine imposed by the courts on Vale last week in the 2011 deaths of two miners should be directed to their families, said Steelworkers Local 6500 president Rick Bertrand. Vale will be paying the fine to the City of Greater Sudbury.

On Sept. 28, Coniston's new community arts group is inviting town residents past and present to come leave their mark in the community. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the group is hosting a handprint event at the town's outdoor rink.

A cloud of dust lingered above Francis Street in Hanmer Sept. 23, carrying with it the sound of cheers and the high-pitched revving of machine engines.

The Sudbury Green Party Association and Nickel Belt Greens is inviting residents to Peddler’s Pub on Thursday at 6 p.m. to meet Casey Lalonde, the party's provincial candidate for the Sudbury riding.