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The Alzheimer Society Sudbury-Manitoulin's 2013 Walk for Memories takes place starting at 12 p.m. April 28 at the Terry Fox Sports Complex.

For the 12th time in 13 years, Collège Boréal has achieved the highest graduation rate in the province.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! cartoons are the longest-running cartoon in newspaper history. In their 95th year, the cartoon is drawn 365 days per year. Earlier this month, Sudbury was noted in the famous cartoon.

The city built on rock is gearing up to celebrate a week dedicated to Modern Mining and Technology Sudbury, which runs April 27-May 4.

Flooding in several water courses within the Sturgeon River and French River (downstream of the Public Works and Government Services Canada Dams) watersheds is imminent and may already be occurring, advised the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Rain barrels distributed in Sudbury in 2012 are being recalled due to a potential manufacturing defect that could result in a leak around the bottom spigot, according to rainbarrels.ca .

Neither the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) nor the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) are affiliated with a fraudulent telemarketing company or use telemarketing companies to sell automated external defibrillators, both organizations said.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. issued a fourth-quarter payment of $559,369 to Greater Sudbury last week, its share of gambling revenue from the OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs. To date, the city has received more than $29.

Every three days, someone in Ontario dies while waiting for an organ transplant.

Plans to build the Northern Water Sports Centre took a major leap forward Tuesday, as city council approved a lease agreement with the people behind the $4.6 million centre that will see the city pay a share of annual operating costs.