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Health Sciences North officials are now forecasting the institution will submit a balanced budget for the current fiscal year, which ends March 31.

While it’s a long way from a reality, Laurentian University is studying the idea of adding an arena with as many as two ice pads to its South End campus. Chris Mercer, LU’s chief of staff, was quick to emphasize the idea is in its early stages.

Roses are red, white, yellow and pink. Five hundred people gathered at the Marguerite Lougheed Centre were given a dozen roses in celebration of the funeral home's 60th anniversary.

Ontario patients are spending less time in emergency rooms, allowing them to receive treatment faster, return home sooner and freeing up hospital time to treat other patients, said the province in a news release.

In recognition of the 2012 National Down Syndrome Awareness Week, Nov. 1-7, the Down Syndrome Association of Sudbury is gearing up for its sixth annual Buddy Walk.

As light snowflakes danced through the sky, the crew at Downtown Sudbury was getting into the spirit of the season by putting the finishing touches on the annual Santa Claus Parade. On Nov.

The ongoing learning and visitor impacts at Science North were front and centre Oct. 30 after Frank McKenna, deputy chair, TD Bank Group, paid a visit to the science centre.

Laurentian University has agreed to keep the parking spaces at the Elgin Street lot at Market Square available for an additional two months, said the city in a press release.

Every Oct. 31, Health Sciences North housekeeping employee Tim McCarthy takes it upon himself to spread a little Halloween cheer.

For the past decade, Northern Life has been recognizing those who make Greater Sudbury a greater place. On Feb. 21, they'll do it again.