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Bid to quash long-gun registry shot dead

Bid to quash long-gun registry shot dead

MP Candace Hoeppner's bill to kill the gun registry was defeated in its third reading on Sept. 22, by only two votes.
Legacy projects not part of election platform: Rodriguez

Legacy projects not part of election platform: Rodriguez

John Rodriguez is asking Greater Sudbury voters to support him for his second term of mayor. He released his campaign platform to reporters and supporters at his campaign office Sept. 22.
Aline Chrétien tapped as LU's chancellor

Aline Chrétien tapped as LU's chancellor

Laurentian University's board of governors has announced that Aline Chrétien has been unanimously approved as the university’s first ever chancellor.
Sudbury Speaks - 'If you don't vote - you're not heard'

Sudbury Speaks - 'If you don't vote - you're not heard'

Residents will cast their votes for city council and decide who should become the mayor of Sudbury on Oct 25. Watch Northern Life's video to find out what residents had to say about the upcoming municipal election.
Project would keep Capreol seniors 'close to home'

Project would keep Capreol seniors 'close to home'

Eli Martel, former Sudbury East MPP and Tullio Ricci, a former Capreol fire chief, are on a mission to help house seniors as they age. “We have to keep seniors closer to home,” Martel said at the city's planning committee meeting on Sept. 21.
French Catholic board appoints new superintendent

French Catholic board appoints new superintendent

Robert Mayer was recently appointed to the position of superintendent of education with the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO).

Vale's seeding project takes flight

Planes hired by Vale will start seeding Sept. 22 more than500 acres of barren company land just north of Coniston targeted for reclamation.

Symbioticware and Boréal partner up to test SymBot

A local mining technology company called Symbioticware has partnered with Collège Boréal to test its SymBot monitoring system.

OPSEU, NOSM to resume negotiations Sept. 30

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and OPSEU Local 677 have agreed to continue bargaining Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Sudbury.

Event celebrates francophone heritage

Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) students will be among those gathered at Tom Davies Square in Sudbury Sept. 24 at 9:30 a.m. to take part in the celebration of the first provincial Franco-Ontarian Day.