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Christine Verbrugge said her dad had a vision to help kids become caring and compassionate citizens into their adult lives. Part of the way he did this was by visiting schools, encouraging children to help those less fortunate by donating food.

Council has put a temporary kibosh on a $300,000 capital budget project. Council also froze the contingency funds that are being applied to the budgets from different departments, with an estimated total of $600,000. Ward 12 Coun.

An attrition policy to carefully reevaluate vacated jobs at the city was defeated at the hands of council Dec. 16.

The Northern Cancer Foundation lit up their Tree of Hope outside of the Greater Sudbury Police Service building in downtown Sudbury Dec. 15.

Students and staff at Collège Notre-Dame have collected 3,200 pairs of socks for the clients at Association des jeunes de la rue.

United Steelworkers across the country, including those here in Sudbury, have agreed to support Brian Topp in his quest for leadership of the federal NDP party — "the leadership race none of us wanted".

Staff and residents of Pioneer Manor will breathe a little easier over the next couple of months knowing their long-term care facility won't be suddenly sold out from under them.

A filmmaker who produced a film about his father's struggles with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease will be the keynote speaker at the Société Alzheimer Society Sudbury-Manitoulin’s annual Alzheimer Awareness Dinner Jan. 24.

A broken water main has extended a southbound curb lane closure on Falconbridge Road until approximately 6 a.m. on Dec. 16, between Barrington and the Kingsway.

Striking workers at Sudbury Child and Family Centre will head back to work after members of OPSEU Local 666 gave the green light to a new four-year agreement Dec. 14. More than 80 workers voted on the tentative agreement reached Dec. 9.