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Vale says it's working to comply with 41 orders issued by the Ministry of Labour after inspections of the company's Stobie Mine Oct. 17 and 18.

Greater Sudbury Community Calendar starting November 8. To put your listing on this board post it online at NorthernLife.ca or e-mail [email protected], phone 705-673-5667. All locations for Sudbury unless otherwise indicated.

For the third year in a row, a record number of new physicians has been recruited to the City of Greater Sudbury and Health Sciences North. A total of 27 family physicians and specialists established practices in 2012.

City staff has found $6 million in savings since an early budget forecast presented in May, reducing the 2013 property tax increase to 2.8 per cent, down from early predictions of 4.4 per cent.

Glen Murray, MPP for Toronto Centre, is stepping into the ring to become the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, he announced Nov. 6 in a press release.

The timelines for Cliffs Natural Resources to develop a chromite mining project in the James Bay lowlands still remain somewhat murky.

Have you ever posted a new Facebook status and been disappointed when nobody "Likes" it? That could be because your status updates don't reach as many of your friends as you think they do.

With the recent dip in commodity prices, exploration activity has fallen since last year, but not by much, according to the executive director of the Ontario Prospectors Association.

The city's Remembrance Day schedule will take effect Nov. 12, as Remembrance Day this year is on a Sunday. The following municipal service schedule will be in effect on Nov. 12: -Tom Davies Square will close.

The city will spend a total of $493 million next year, city councillors were told Nov. 6, as the city's budget process kicks into high gear. Of that amount, $222 million will come from property taxes, and represents a tax increase of 2.8 per cent.