Local News

The Art Gallery of Sudbury has committed to finding a new home in downtown Sudbury, but John Lindsay couldn't pass on the idea of locating the gallery at the Kingdom Hall Centre in Minnow Lake.

Ontario is helping students succeed in math by reaching out to them online.

Sudbury's new operations committee will look at developing a bylaw to control motor vehicle idling. The new committee meets for the first time tonight. Idling has been on the city's radar for years.

In Ontario, employment edged up by 16,000 in December 2011, bringing growth to 1.4 per cent (91,000) over the previous year, according to Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate in the province was 7.7 per cent, down 0.

Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) invites parents interested in registering their children in its junior kindergarten programs to its junior kindergarten registration events Jan. 24 and Jan. 25.

Legend Boats is one of the companies showcasing their products at the 2012 Toronto International Boat Show Jan. 14-22. The Whitefish-based company was originally founded by Vic Duhamel and Carl Dewar as a tire dealership in Sudbury.

Wallbridge Mining will get more “aggressive” with its exploration work in Sudbury, the company stated in a press release highlighting plans for 2012.

Residents of Ward 3, which includes Chelmsford, Onaping Falls and Azilda, will now have access to a bus for transportation to and from swimming sessions/aqua fitness.

In a move which drew applause from the mourners who packed the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home chapel, Rev. Shelley Kennedy pulled off her minister's robes, revealing the Sanctuaries band t-shirt she wore underneath.

Laurentian University students were in Ottawa Jan. 6 for the university's annual Model Parliament.