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Sudbury Regional Hospital is encouraging its staff, volunteers and physicians, as well as patients and the public, to take part in National Non-Smoking Week, which takes place Jan. 16-22.

Students at École secondaire catholique Champlain in Chelmsford are teaming up with Crime Stoppers.

UPDATED— Jan. 17, 3:28 p.m. Power has now been completely restored. UPDATED — Jan. 17, 2:19 p.m. Hydro One is now estimating the remaining outage will last until roughly 5 p.m. as additional problems have been encountered.

Each day, about four Canadians are killed and roughly 187 people are injured as a result of alcohol or drug-related motor vehicle incidents. Each year, nearly 69,000 Canadians are impacted by impaired driving.

Updated — Jan. 18 8:31 a.m.

Environmental Public Health Week, Jan.

A series of information and registration evenings are being held Jan. 25 for parents interested in registering their children in the Sudbury Catholic District School Board's full-day kindergarten program this coming fall.

City council has decided to allocate $525,598 in funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHFC) to complete phase two of the James Jerome Sports Complex instead of using the money to add a roof to the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre.

An Ontario Labour Relations Board hearing to deal with Steelworkers Local 6500's claim that Vale bargained in bad faith during the nearly year-long labour dispute between the two parties has once again been postponed.

Schools run by the Rainbow District School Board in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin will host information nights for full day, every day kindergarten registrations next month. All parents/guardians and children are invited to attend.