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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.

Laurentian University students Destiny Roy and McKenna Elasser are camping out at the entrance to the J.N. Desmarais Library from Jan. 20-26 as part of their effort to raise money to build school libraries in India.

Grade 8 students at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School got a jump on learning about the world of high school Jan. 12. They paid a visit to Bishop Alexander Secondary School.

Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath will visit Sudbury Jan. 23 to consult with residents about the upcoming provincial budget. She wants to hear from residents “about their priorities,” according to an event posted on Facebook. Horwath will be at St.

The city's community services committee meeting, slated for Jan. 23 at 6 p.m., has been cancelled to allow for the launch of the Official Plan.