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Brinks workers ratify deal

About 20 Sudbury-based Brinks Canada Limited workers have ratified a new three-year deal with their employers. The workers, along with 1,000 other Brinks employees across the province, are represented by the Canadian Auto Workers.

Community members encouraged to pray for end to strike

Community members are invited to participate in a June 18 event to pray for an end to the 11-month-long labour dispute between Vale and Steelworkers Local 6500. The event, which will take place from 10-11 a.m.

Road construction report for June 13-19

Summer construction continues on Greater Sudbury roads. Here is the construction report for June 13-19. For more information about traffic delays and road construction and repairs, contact the city at 3-1-1.

Report examines support for autistic post-secondary students

Susan Alcorn MacKay, director of the Northern Ontario Assessment and Resource Centre based at Cambrian College, is the co-author of a new report released June 14 that offers a roadmap to success for post-secondary students with autism spectrum disord

Laurentian appoints vice-provost for Barrie programs

Laurentian University recently appointed Bernadette Schell to the newly-created position of vice-provost for its programs in Barrie.

Northern Life columnist to speak about strike on TVO

Northern Life columnist Stan Sudol will appear on the TVO program The Agenda tonight (June 14) at 8 p.m. to discuss whether the labour dispute between Vale and Steelworkers Local 6500 will end any time soon.
$14.6-M Pioneer Manor wing caters to residents with dementia

$14.6-M Pioneer Manor wing caters to residents with dementia

Vittorio Cucullo, one of the future residents of Pioneer Manor’s new 64-bed dementia wing, is an Italian-born barber who lived in Sault Ste. Marie for many years.

Sudbury businessman takes home award

Adam Tonnos, sales manager at the Sudbury-based BESTECH, has been recognized on the national stage, having been awarded the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM)'s prestigious Past Presidents' Memorial Medal.
Lake surveys will help manage fisheries

Lake surveys will help manage fisheries

Provincial fisheries crews will be out on Ontario’s lakes this summer, monitoring lake health and fish populations, and checking for invasive species.
Residents speak out against 17-storey apartment buildings

Residents speak out against 17-storey apartment buildings

Some residents in the downtown core said they fear proposed apartment-complex development, which would see four apartment buildings go up in the area.