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Greater Sudbury’s winters aren’t what they used to be – in fact, they are, on average, about one degree warmer a month than they used to be.

On Oct. 20, shortly before 3 a.m., a motorcycle lost control and crashed while travelling westbound on Lorne Street near Applegrove Street. There were two people on the motorcycle.

On Oct 9, a 24-year-old man became embroiled in a dispute with a 28-year-old fellow tenant at a rooming house in Sudbury. The tenant had gone back to his own room, assuming the argument was over with and had locked his door.

As a child growing up in Nova Scotia, Natasha Falle had a pretty average life. She lived in the suburbs with her mother, who managed bridal stores, and her father, who was a police officer.

With its deal with racetracks expiring in the spring, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is in talks with Sudbury Downs to keep the slots facility open until a casino is built in two or three years.

A little more than a month ago, Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas was elated after Premier Dalton McGuinty phoned her to say his government would support her private member's bill banning tanning bed use for those under 18.

He is a humble man, he who risks his life to save others. He is intelligent, courageous and compassionate. He is a fearless and focused survivor. He is a search and rescue technician.

Fifteen people who say they were abused by members of the Roman Catholic clergy are calling on the church to do more to help current victims and protect any future ones.

When it comes to bringing a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner to the city, the diagnostic equipment's $3.5 million cost is just “short-term pain” that's necessary to bring “long-term gain,” according to Brenda Tessaro.

Although it is confident base metal prices will rebound in the medium- to long term, Vale Canada's CEO has issued a statement to its Base Metals employees worldwide that it is taking steps to keep the company profitable in the short term.