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First Nickel Inc. has resumed normal operations at its Lockerby Mine after the company was forced to shut down last week because of problems with one of the mine's shafts turned up in a Ministry of Labour inspection.

Ontario's doctors treat more than 400,000 patients every day and these interactions between patients and doctors are the foundation of the health-care system, according to the Ontario Medical Association.

Canadians have a significant level of cynicism toward all federal political parties, according to a recent Nanos poll .

In 2011, there were 236 accidents at railway crossings and in trespassing incidents, resulting in 70 fatalities and 42 serious injuries, according to the Transportation Safety Board.

The difficult history of a downtown development got a little brighter Monday, when the city's planning committee agreed to approve the construction of 11 new housing units.

A box of puppies brought into Rainbow District Animal Control, puppies thought to have been abandoned, bring to light the city's need for a low-cost spay and neuter clinic, according to the shelter's manager.

Greater Subury Community Calendar staring May 1. To put your listing on this board post it online at NorthernLife.ca or e-mail [email protected], phone 705-673-5667. All locations for Sudbury unless otherwise indicated.

High school students are now able to apply for 30 per cent off their tuition while they make plans to attend a public university or college in the fall.

Any ladies with a hankering for handsome hunks need look no further than the Northern Cancer Foundation's first-ever Gentlemen for Hope charity auction.

Every summer a small number of red admiral butterflies, also known as Vanessa atalanta, make their way to Sudbury — they usually don't turn up until mid-May, and there usually aren't many of them.