Local News

The 12th annual Luncheon of Hope was held at the Caruso Club Sept. 24, and raised $42,000 for the Northern Cancer Research Foundation.

The province has provided $1.2 million for basic literacy training at a number of organizations in Greater Sudbury. Cambrian College received $367,355, Centre Franco Ontarien de Ressources en Alphabétisation Inc.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) held its annual members and board of directors meetings Sept. 22.

Mayoral candidate Marianne Matichuk is criticizing the amount of money being spent by the city on consulting fees.

There won't be enough parking space in the downtown in the future unless the city finds a way to either reduce demand for parking or increase the amount of parking available, a consultant told city council's policy committee Sept. 22.

University students who say it takes too long for them to do their shopping in the South End and get back to campus on the city bus asked the city's transit committee for better service at a Sept. 23 meeting.

Music students at three schools run by the Rainbow District School Board won't have any reason to play the blues this year.

The city has issued an advisory regarding heavy rainfall and the possibility of localized flooding in the Greater Sudbury area, due to a low weather front that has caused rain warnings across northern Ontario.

About three dozen jobs at Atlas Copco Canada's Sudbury plant will be transferred to Mississauga by Jan. 1. Radomir Maric, general manager of Atlas Copco in Lively, said the company is being reorganized so that the head office is in Mississauga.

A rainfall warning for Sept. 23-24 in Greater Sudbury and area has been issued by Environment Canada. According to the agency, a weather system developing in Colorado will approach the upper Great Lakes, bringing with it rain and heavy wind.