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Thanks to funding from the Sudbury Food Bank, Maison Vale Hospice is able to provide 10 residents with three meals a day, every day of the year. Those funds also provide food for family members visiting those residents.

It was a case that dominated local headlines for months, Sudbury's version of the Bernie Madoff investment scandal, only it took place more than a decade earlier.

Even though she graduated more than 40 years ago, in 1969, Kim Rheault said some of her best friends are still the women she met while attending the St. Elizabeth School of Nursing.

Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci said he's been working with the government to bring more graduate student spaces to Laurentian University, and hopes an announcement will be forthcoming.

Northern Ontario Business is gearing up for its 16th annual Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards luncheon and trade show.

A Laurentian University research institute beat out dozens of other applicants to receive a three-year, $3.4-million grant for a project examining how health care is provided in Northern Ontario.

Wendi Belanger considered herself a lucky woman. Her naturally cheerful disposition was all the more remarkable, given she was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1998.

Sudbury's future depends on the city's ability to attract immigrants to replace retiring workers, according to a report prepared to help the city update the Official Plan. “Growth Outlook to 2036,” prepared by Hemson Consulting Ltd.

When Sudbury Catholic District School Board trustees arrived at their May 21 board meeting, board staff unhappy about job cuts greeted them with picket signs. The board is being forced to make a number of job cuts as it attempts to whittle down a $4.

The chair of the Rainbow District School Board said she finds it “disconcerting” the board is looking at cutting 45 positions, but adds the move is necessary to balance its 2013-2014 budget.