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An Ottawa family with Greater Sudbury roots is waiting for the body of Marc Cyr, 48, to return to Canada.

Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin released a report Aug. 10 which criticizes the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network for holding in-camera meetings when discussing plans to close local emergency rooms.

Residents in the Goodview Road area just off Hwy. 69 S may see discoloured water and experience low water pressure as the city performs some water valve maintenance on Aug. 11. The discoloured water and low water pressure may happen between 7 a.m.

UPDATED - Aug. 13, 3:02 p.m. The "Federal Express" stops, including two in Sturgeon Falls and Verner, have been cancelled due to the death of Mario Laguë, Ignatieff's director of communications.

The Ontario government is offering up to $250,000 in compensation to persons affected by Dr. Charles Smith's "flawed work." The potentially eligible people are involved in the 19 cases examined by Justice Stephen T. Goudge.

After etching his name into the guest book, Ontario's Lieutenant Governor David Onley announced he was happy to be back in Sudbury.

Insects, whether crawling or flying, are as much an indicator of the health of the Greater Sudbury ecosystem as are fish swimming in area lakes, Joe Shorthouse, Laurentian University biologist, said.

The Auditor-General's second report for the City of Greater Sudbury took aim at two departments that handle significant amounts of money: city transit and parking services.

UPDATED Aug. 11 at 2:25 p.m. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty will attend the official opening of Sudbury Regional Hospital, which will take place Aug. 12 at the hospital's South Tower entrance.

With hotels in the Greater Sudbury area booked by those attending the Ontario Summer Games from Aug. 10-13, several citizens are offering up accommodations in their homes for visitors during the event.