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Four unions filed legal challenges Oct. 11 against the Ontario government for legislation passed last month which imposes contract term on education workers in the province.

Reclaiming Our Urban Places, Greater Sudbury’s Brownfield Strategy and Community Improvement Plan has been recognized as a national leading example by the Canadian Urban Institute’s (CUI) Brownie Awards.

While taking the bus home from school Oct. 9, 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head and neck by a Taliban gunman. The Pakistani girl has been an advocate for the need for girls' education since she was 11.

If approved by city council, Greater Sudbury Police will be working with a $50-million budget next year, an increase of 3.5 per cent compared with 2012.

Health Sciences North officially opened its new state-of-the-art Simulation Laboratory Oct. 9.

Mike Courchesne may have won his job at Vale back in July, but that doesn't mean he's back at work yet. He was one of nine workers fired during the 2009-2010 strike against Vale.

It’s time for Mayor Marianne Matichuk and the rest of city council to forgive one another and work for the best interests of taxpayers, says the first mayor in Greater Sudbury’s short history.

For nearly 70 years, Ontario Youth Rangers were hired to help with Ministry of Natural Resource tasks. They would help keep green spaces tidy, clear trails and fulfil other duties at the request of the ministry.

Watching students rally around her daughter’s cause, 17 years later, is “breath-taking” for Pina Cotesta. She was at Lockerby Composite School Oct.

The peer review report of Health Sciences North shows that perhaps the hospital has been “too generous” with who it allows to stay at the facility, according to the hospital's board chair.