Local News

Updated at 3:04 p.m. on March 24 with comments from Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci As expected, and thanks to the mass abstention of the 17-member NDP caucus, the Liberal budget has been passed, and a potential election averted.

First Nickel's Lockerby Mine has been shut down temporarily after an April 23 Ontario Ministry of Labour inspection.

There's no question the film industry in northern Ontario is growing. Just ask Alina Ducharme and Peter Mihaichuk, both of whom are trained in film production, but had no permanent location in Sudbury to ply their craft.

Site preparation is underway for the reconstruction of Fairbank Lake Road (Municipal Road 4) from Highway 17 to C. Johnson Road. Teranorth Construction and Engineering Ltd.

Updated at 5:29 p.m. on April 24 The intersection of Kelly Lake Road and Copper Street is now open, police have reported. Original story A downed utility pole caused a power outage in the area of Kelly Lake Road and Copper Street early April 24.

Tears slide down 32-year-old Angela Greene's face as she tells the story of how she donated a kidney to her father, Clyde Greene, earlier this year. In 2009, Clyde found out his kidneys were failing.

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No matter which team you're pulling for, everyone will walk away a winner at the inaugural Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers Fire Truck Pull. The event is slated for May 12 at the RioCan Centre parking lont on the Kingsway (beside Chapters).

Volunteer Sudbury members Jacinda McLean, vice-president board of directors (far left), Brad McKnight, Cambrian College co-op student and Shelley Lalonde, Change The World project co-ordinator, hold up some bracelets April 16 at Tom Davies Square.

Anyone wishing to voice an opinion on a proposal to rename the Countryside Sports Complex to the Gerry McCrory Sports Complex is encouraged to submit their input to the city.