Local News

Preliminary figures released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) show a strong start to housing construction in 2011 for the Greater Sudbury area.

Registrations are now being accepted for night school classes being offered by Rainbow District School Board.

City staff will look for city council's approval at the Feb. 9 meeting to move forward with an industrial land infrastructure strategy.

The Green Party of Ontario's constituency association is opening its candidate nomination process for the Sudbury riding.

Heart Month was launched Feb. 3 with a “Heart Lights” ceremony, when Dynamic Earth was lit up in red. Landmarks across Ontario were also lit up in red on Feb. 3 to celebrate the launch of Heart Month.

Since it began in 2008, the Joan Mantle Music Trust (JMMT) has “modernized” the music departments at seven out of nine local high schools in the Rainbow District School Board (RDSB).

A celebration of the life of James Grassby will be held on Feb. 25 at the Fraser Auditorium. A Christian service will be held at 1 p.m., followed by a community celebration at 1:45 p.m. Refreshments will be served afterward.

UPDATED — Feb. 7 at 3:05 p.m. Steelworkers Local 6500 president Rick Bertrand said he feels “very lucky” nobody was injured or died in an incident in one of the furnaces at the Copper Cliff Smelter during the morning of Feb. 6.

Greater Sudbury community calendar listings for Feb. 8-9. To put your listing on this board post e-mail [email protected] , phone 705-673-5667 ext. 367. All locations for Sudbury unless otherwise indicated.

Several options will be presented to city council on Feb. 9 to address stormwater improvements to alleviate flooding in the Mountain and Leslie Street areas. In the summer of 2009, residents in the Flour Mill area experienced extensive flooding .