Local News

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.

The deaths of seven teenagers in two crashes on northern highways Jan. 3 is part of the reason behind an OPP initiative to step up their enforcement on highways across the province.

Sudbury physician Dr. Miguel Bonin has lost his right to practise medicine for three months as of Jan. 16 after a series of interactions with female patients.

One night about five years ago, Jacqueline Lepine woke up at around 2:30 a.m. to go to the washroom, and knew right away she didn't feel right. “I told my husband 'There's something wrong with me, Will, but I can't explain it,'” she said.

Updated Jan. 19 at 1:13 p.m. The Ontario Provincial Police issued a release just as noon hour closed to inform drivers that all highways have been re-opened.

Greater Sudbury Community Calendar starting January 19. 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.

An open house for Grade 8 students at Collège Notre-Dame has agains been rescheduled due to inclement weather. The event had been rescheduled for Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. It will now happen Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.

The former international president of Doctors Without Borders will present a lecture at Laurentian University's Fraser Auditorium Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Dr.

School buses have been cancelled in the Sudbury district due to the snow squall which hit the region early Jan. 19. All schools remain open, however. School buses are running on Manitoulin Island and in Espanola.

Road conditions and poor visibility have shut down school buses in Greater Sudbury.