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First Nickel Inc. workers belonging to Mine Mill Local 598/CAW voted 94 per cent in favour of ratifying a four-year contract with the company July 9.

Greater Sudbury Mayor Marianne Matichuk received nearly unanimous, if tepid, support Tuesday afternoon for her motion on hiring an integrity commissioner.

Collège Boréal is participating in an applied research project on the analysis and use of wood ash produced by the forest industry as charcoal for agricultural use (biochar).

Renovations worth $5.9 million are currently underway on Laurentian University's Single Student Residence (SSR). Built in 1973, the SSR accommodates close to 400 students every year.

Concerns over the quality of care and the impact on local veterinarians has the city's finance committee considering bringing in a means test to ensure subsidized spay and neuters go to those who need it most.

UPDATED July 9 at 4 p.m. Greater Sudbury Police have confirmed that 25-year-old Stephanie Bertrand has succumbed to injuries she sustained in a June 30 boating accident on Lake Wahnapitae.

A celebration of life for the three men killed in a plane crash on Georgian Bay last week will take place at Science North from 5 to 8 p.m. July 11. Those who wish to attend are asked to “dress for the weather in your summer brights.

Sudbury Transit operators have some major concerns about any proposal to change the rules for children in strollers when they board city buses.

Auditor General Brian Bigger has been awarded a multi-year contract to continue as the city's internal auditor, Northern Life has learned. While he couldn't go into details until a formal announcement is made, possibly this week, Ward 4 Coun.

The Ontario Gas Tax Program is distributing $324 million to 96 municipalities throughout the province. Of the provincial total, Greater Sudbury is recieving $2.6 million to better its transit operations, Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci said July 8.