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Updated — Jan. 19, 1:56 p.m. Greater Sudbury’s Community Advisory Committee is reviewing information heard at the Community Consultation on Homelessness at Tom Davies Square on Jan.

The Greater Sudbury Airport received $1 million in funding from the provincial government to help it grow and attract more business. The funding announcement was made Jan. 17 by Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.

City council passed a last-minute motion asking for the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care to consider keeping the Memorial Hospital site open to accept alternate level care patients. The addition to the Jan.

Greater Sudbury community calendar events for Jan. 18-20. 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.

In the summer of 2010, Claude Labelle started feeling weak, and he knew something wasn’t right. Since then, he’s “gone through the wringer and then some,” as doctors tried to determine what was wrong with him.

Sudbury Regional Hospital has announced it has hired a new vice-president of research. According to a hospital press release, Dr.

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.