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Paula Peroni, president of the Canadian Catholic School Trustees' Association and past president of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association, will represent the Ontario Progressive Conservative party in the upcoming provincial election.

The union representing city workers is calling on city council to reject the biosolids plant proposal at the Jan. 26 city council meeting, citing "unknown risks" to taxpayers.

Redwood Acres Public School students and staff will celebrate Family Literacy Day Jan. 27 with a number of activities. Members of the Sudbury Wolves hockey team will visit the school as guest readers.

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.

Whenever the Rainbow District School Board has held accommodation reviews examining the future of its schools in recent years, parents have brought up issues about the board’s French immersion programming, according to Doreen Dewar.

Marc Boudreau Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) has introduced its new board of directors, and Marc Boudreau, CEO of BESTECH, is the new chair.

The “tough on crime” message put forward by the federal justice minister and attorney general during his visit to Sudbury last week was “very welcome,” according to Al Lekun, deputy Chief of the Greater Sudbury Police.

Greater Sudbury community events for Jan.25-26. To put your listing on this board post it online or e-mail [email protected] , phone 705-673-5667 ext. 367. All locations for Sudbury unless otherwise indicated.

John Lindsay doesn’t care what name health care officials give it, but he’s happy up to 75 patients will be able to stay in part of the former Memorial Hospital until at least the late summer.

Service has been restored to the “vast majority” of Eastlink customers after “sporadic” service interruptions in northern Ontario, starting in the morning of Jan. 23.