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Alternate level of care patient (ALC) numbers at Health Sciences North are continuing to creep upwards.

Health Sciences North's HAVEN program is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The program provides specialized outpatient health care to those in northeastern Ontario who are living with HIV or have been affected by HIV.

The Sudbury branch of the Canadian Red Cross is looking for volunteers to drive seniors to medical appointments, to buy groceries and visit family.

The St. Albert Adult Learning Centre Personal Support Worker (PSW) program received official accreditation Jan. 10, and a full class of students were on hand for the announcement.

Lasalle Secondary School's 50th anniversary organizing committee will provide more information about the event at a public meeting on Jan. 26. The public is invited to attend the meeting at 7 p.m.

Information nights have been scheduled for full-day everyday junior and senior kindergarten registrations for Rainbow Schools in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin. All parents/guardians and children are invited to attend.

France Gélinas said she knew something fishy was going on with the province's air ambulance service, ORNGE, when she heard stories about helicopters from southern Ontario being sent to pick up accident victims in Gogama.

Rainbow District School Board’s annual report for the 2010-2011 school year is now available online. School boards are required to produce an annual report in accordance with the Education Act.

Nearly four out of 10 marriages in Canada will end in divorce. It's a sad stat, according to Valleyview Community Church. Beginning Jan.

Steelworkers Local 6500 president Rick Bertrand said he likes to imagine the stories the old Steelworkers hall would have been able to tell.