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Imagine going to the doctor's office and not having to wait. That's a future Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) dean Dr. Roger Strasser is trying to bring about through the medical school's new Seats for Success campaign.

Sheepie has done it again.

With the nickel prices currently hovering around $7.50 a pound, Vale has announced a temporary hiring freeze at its base metals operations around the world.

The Lily Creek Boardwalk officially reopened Sept. 12, once again providing the community access to the wetlands of Lily and Nephawin Creeks.

With the recruitment of 25 physicians to Health Sciences North this year, the hospital's chief of staff said he can see the day coming in the not-too-distant future when the hospital is no longer short of physicians.

Ever wondered how to make champagne work with every course of a meal? Or how to create a designer centrepiece on a dime? These are just some of the things people can learn at the Reliance Home Comfort Workshop stage, set up at the Sudbury Living Expo

As the primary caregiver for both of her parents, Kim Fahner has had a lot of recent experience with Health Sciences North. Her mom, who died in 2008, had congestive heart failure, peripheral artery disease and had part of her foot amputated.

The province has ponied up $17,000 for Cinéfest Sudbury through the Tourism Events Marketing Partnership Program (TEMPP), said Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.

A Canada-wide tour that seeks to revive passenger rail service in Canada makes a stop in Sudbury on Sept. 13. The first of a series of town hall workshops regarding VIA Rail took place Sept. 8 in Sarnia-Lambton.

Mayor Marianne Matichuk is getting no help from city council in keeping her campaign promises.