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Manitoulin Transport, based out of Gore Bay on Manitoulin Island, has acquired Matco Transportation Systems. Edmonton-based Matco is a fully integrated mover services company that was established in 1966.

The snow which fell on Greater Sudbury April 12 will lead to an increase in water levels and flows once it melts, a press release from the Nickel District Conservation Authority.

After a child is diagnosed with cancer, a family loses approximately one-third of its after-tax income to travel costs for treatment, said Dayna Caruso, volunteer and fundraiser co-ordinator at Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer (NOFCC

The Ministry of Natural Resources will hold a food drive on April 20 in hopes to feed the region's less fortunate.

Surviving on a meagre income of a little more than $1,000 a month on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Charles Tossell was forced to move into a rooming house on Frood Road five years ago. He lived there for about 18 months.

The city may be able to get a spay-and-neuter clinic for the cost of providing a surplus building and discounted rent, city councillors will hear April 16.

Bryce Seidl, president of the Association of Science-Technology Centres Incorporated, as well as the Pacific Science Centre, had nothing but good things to say about Science North during his April 12 visit to the scence centre.

The Church of the Epiphany is celebrating this weekend a century of Anglican worship on its current site, 85 Larch St. in downtown Sudbury. Bishop Stephen Andrews and several other former clergy, including Tom Corston, Bishop of Moosonee, the Ven.

Cambrian College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) have formed an agreement that will create 12 new pathways for graduates of Cambrian’s two- and three-year diploma programs.

More than 13 kilometres of Highway 535 near Noelville is being reconstructed to strengthen the northern transportation network by reducing maintenance demands and making the road safer for families, businesses and tourists who visit the area, accordi