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Community volunteers gathered Sept. 22 to put the finishing touches on a new section of the Junction Creek Waterway Park/Trans Canada Trail, at the corner of Riverside Drive and Worthington Crescent.

It took two fire stations to get control of a house fire on Radar Road this morning. At approximately 10:35 a.m., the Greater Sudbury Fire Services was called to an apparent kitchen fire at 748 Radar Rd.

Water samples taken from Ramsey Lake on Sept. 18 have tested positive for blue-green algae, said the Sudbury and District Health Unit. The samples contained a species of the algae that can produce toxins.

In Ontario, problem gambling affects one in 10 families and at least 331,000 individuals experience a moderate to severe problem with gambling, according to the Responsible Gaming Council. Many spend up to one-fifth of their income gambling.

Rotary Park is offering the community a new view of the city.

Officials at Sudbury’s school of architecture will begin interviewing potential faculty members next week, just as the final major piece of funding is in place from the federal government.

Eat Local Sudbury is expanding its programming throughout the north, thanks to $66,377 from FedNor. On Sept. 20, Tony Clement visited the Larch Street grocery shop to announce the funding.

Three separate film shoots will take place in Sudbury's downtown core next week, said the City of Greater Sudbury in a news release.

Integrity commissioners are becoming more common in Ontario, with 20-25 cities either paying one full time or as a consultant, says the president of a firm that specializes in teaching organizations the importance of ethical behaviour.

A dust cloud fills an area at the end of Kantola Road in Sudbury on a recent Wednesday morning, as crews from Hydro One drill through rock to relocate a hydro pole. Two police cars are parked nearby, side-by-side, in case there’s trouble.