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When a child is diagnosed with a medical condition or exceptionality, parents meet a team of specialists offering different kinds of help. Barbara Burke’s son, Bennett, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 13 months old.

As a lead-in to Emergency Preparedness Week, Grade 6 students at Cyril Varney Public School competed alongside local radio celebrities May 1.

The city is waiving its residential tipping fees from May 7-12. That means residents can bring discarded household items to local landfill and waste diversion sites at no charge during the week.

The city is looking for local musicians who want to perform at Market Square this summer and early fall. Concerts begin June 2 and run until Oct. 28. Performances take place on Sunday afternoons from noon until 2 p.m.

Higher gas prices in southern Ontario offset lower prices in the north, causing the Ontario average retail price of regular unleaded gasoline to increase slightly, by 0.6 cents to $1.31.

It's been nearly two and a half years since 23-year-old Ashley Jalbert was found dead in a Greater Sudbury motel room. Her death was ruled accidental, and police closed the investigation into her death.

For the third time, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine has been presented with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) Rural Medical Education Award.

The Sudbury man who allegedly left his three Rottweiler dogs tied to a tree in the bush made his first appearance in a Sudbury court May 1 on three counts of permitting his dogs to run at large, according to a news release from Rainbow District Anima

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas is hoping the third time's a charm when it comes to getting her private member's bill to ban indoor tanning for those under the age of 18 passed into legislation.

Workers and residents at Pioneer Manor in Sudbury stand to benefit from a provincial plan to make life safer in the city's long-term care facility. Six staff are being hired through the Behavioural Support Ontario plan.