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Greater Sudbury is waiving residential tipping fees between Oct. 4-9, so local residents can bring discarded household items to local landfills free of charge. The "tipping fee holiday" includes up to eight passenger/light truck tires each day.

St. David Catholic Elementary School is hosting an open house Sept. 30 from 4-5 p.m. All students, parents, neighbours and community partners are invited to participate in the event. The St.

Sixteen Sudbury Catholic District School Board students have won Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarships.

Huntington University is hosting a symposium on helping youth through the grieving process Oct. 13 between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

The province is boosting tax relief for Ontario seniors to help with energy costs and property taxes.

Laurentian University is presenting an honourary degree to a woman from Pakistan who stood up to the men who attacked her.

A Pakistani woman spoke out against the men who raped her will be honoured with a degree from Laurentian University for having the bravery to stand up against her attackers and report the crime, and then use the money from her settlement to better ot

The province is boosting tax relief for Ontario seniors to help with energy costs and property taxes.

Greater Sudbury should capitalize on an existing training centre that houses police, fire, and emergency medical staff by establishing a provincial training centre.

Last week's passage of the Far North Act was compared to the creation of a provincial park by Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, following a presentation to the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 27.