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Kindergarten registrations will take place at all elementary schools run by the Sudbury Catholic District School Board starting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7.

St. David Catholic Elementary School students not only compost during their school day, but also continue the green initiative at the Better Beginnings Better Futures after school program.

It many not look like it right now, but Sudbury really is green.

McKenna Elsasser said she's not sure what it's going to be like camping out in Laurentian University's J.N. Desmarais Library for a week, but she's willing to stick it out.

Both Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, and Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak will be visiting Sudbury next week. Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath will visit Sudbury Jan. 23 to consult with residents about the upcoming provincial budget.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School has been chosen as a new site for Hanmer Best Start's new Valley East Outreach program. To kick off the program, a Free Family Zumba event was held at the school Jan. 16.

The extreme cold weather alert issued Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. by the Homelessness Network of Sudbury has again been extended for the next 24 hours.

A recent blast of winter has resulted in a false sense of security as many outdoor enthusiasts venture onto the ice with snowmobiles and trucks and are met with negative results, according to the Ontario Provincial Police.

Dr. James Orbinski was working at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in South Africa in January 2000, when a 20-year-old man dying of AIDS asked him a few simple, yet powerful, questions.

Sudbury physician Dr. Douglas Arthur Prince is closing his practice after a decision in November by a College of Physicians and Surgeons committee to impose restrictions on his medical licence.