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The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has ordered both Vale and the Steelworkers to present more evidence at further hearings regarding the matter of eight workers fired by the company.

The city is weighing in on the census debate by sending a letter to the federal Minister of Industry, Tony Clement, to voice its concern about the potential negative impact the cancellation of the mandatory long-form census would have on planning in

Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne was on hand for the official opening of the realignment of the Killarney ‘S’ Curve on Highway 69 Aug. 11. The road was opened to traffic on July 27.

Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. announced Aug. 12 its second quarter earnings were $21.7 million. The company was created in May after Sudbury miner FNX Mining Company and British Columbia-based Quadra Mining merged.

Environmental activists received preliminary city councillor support for a proposed bylaw targeting idling vehicles.

Tucking his prepared speech away, unused, into his suit jacket pocket, Joe Drago offered an off-the-cuff history lesson to those attending the official opening of Sudbury Regional Hospital’s new one-site location Aug. 12.

Yvan Adams has been crossing the York River in Gaspé Bay, Que., since he was eight years old. Crossing it this year shouldn’t have been any different, but it nearly cost him his life. Surgery from years ago left the Sudbury man with balance problems.

Repairs to a damaged bridge in Coniston will close Walter Street between William Avenue and Cook Street until further notice.

Brookside Road between Errington Avenue and Omer Street will be closed Aug. 12-13 for sewer main repairs. The Chelmsford road will be closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic while repairs are ongoing.

The resolution of the strike between Steelworkers Local 6500 and Vale may be causing the local economy to begin to rebound, Warren Philp, northern Ontario market analyst with Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, said.