Local News

Pierre Laframbroise scored $1,000 for winning the GEODE Dragons contest. The contest pinned six local aspiring entrepreneurs against each other in a live finale on Sept. 2.

Thirty Greater Sudbury employees will be out of a job in January 2011 with Agropur closes down production at the Copper Cliff dairy. The company will continue its warehousing, distribution and sales operations in Sudbury.

Glenn Thibeault, Sudbury's MP, announced Sept. 7 he will not support Candice Hoeppner's bill to abolish the long-gun registry.

The Northeastern Ontario Network (NEON) recently added six new hospitals to its partnership, bringing the total number to 19 – the highest number of Ontario hospitals hosted under one data centre.

Twenty-three-year-old Patricia Leonard estimates that by the time she’s done her post-secondary education, she will have racked up almost $50,000 in Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) loans.

Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault is arriving in Alberta today to begin a week of living the life of a Canadian soldier preparing to head into combat and peacekeeping situations.

The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has advised the Sudbury and District Health Unit that test results of water samples taken from the Main Beach area of Lake Ramsey are positive for blue-green algae and its toxins.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine and OPSEU Local 677 failed to reach an agreement during two days of mediated talks, which took place Sept. 1-2. The parties have agreed to return to the table Sept.

Sloan Boyd, a Grade 12 student at Sudbury Secondary School, will serve as student trustee on the Rainbow District School Board for the 2010-2011 School Year. She was sworn in at the board meeting Aug. 30.

Local health care leaders say the federal government’s decision to scrap the mandatory long form census questionnaire will affect their ability to provide good quality care to citizens.