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City council has voted to allow a tender to go out for a private company to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a $30 to $40-million biosolids treatment plant in Greater Sudbury. The decision was reached at the Jan.

Grant Aggregate and Industrial Supply Inc. in Greater Sudbury is the recipient of $788,750 in funding from the provincial government through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC).

Greater Sudbury motorists are advised of temporary lane closures on several streets. On Jan. 27 (today), the westbound curb on Lasalle Boulevard will close near Auger Avenue for repairs to a water service.

Every day, people are surrounded by microwaves radiation as objects such as cell phones and Wi-Fi Internet project data into the air to be received at or sent to a distant location.

Laurentian University has been awarded three new Canada Research Chairs. Researchers Albrecht Shulte-Hostedde, Zhibin Ye and Robert Schinke will join current chairholders John Gunn and Nancy Young.

UPDATED Jan. 28 at 9:15 a.m. A report put out by an industrial inquiry commission examining the lengthy strike at Vale's mine in Voisey's Bay, Labrador helped to achieve a tentative agreement, according to a union representative.

The former Ash Street water tank, located on 332 Pine Street will be torn down. City council voted unanimously at the Jan.

Both southbound lanes of Barry Downe Road are currently closed due to a major water main break near the New Sudbury Shopping Centre. In a press release, city staff anticipate the lanes will reopen on Jan. 27 during the afternoon.

Since taking over as Science North’s CEO 25 years ago, Jim Marchbank has transformed the centre into a world-class place for “informal” science learning. He doesn’t take much credit for it though.

A routine audit report that examined shift transfers of city employees has revealed that some transit drivers have been exchanging shifts for cash. The findings were released to the Greater Sudbury Audit Committee at its Jan. 24 meeting.