Local News

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.

Talks between Vale and the union representing striking workers in Voisey's Bay will resume later this month. About 200 members of the United Steelworkers have been on strike against Vale since early August 2009.

Striking members of OPSEU Local 677 will march from the entrance of Laurentian University to the Paris Street and Ramsey Lake Road intersection today (Sept. 2), where they will hold a rally. The event will take place between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.