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City residents who have had homes damaged by floods or are at risk of flooding and sewer backup might be able to receive financial assistance from a proposed subsidy program created to help reduce flooding risks starting this August — if the program

The Rotary Sunrisers of Sudbury sold just under 10,000 tickets during its annual Lucky Duck Dash to help support local organizations. On July 8, five groups from Sudbury received $6,600 each from the Sunrisers at a breakfast conference.

Municipal Road 80 will be reduced to one lane between Simon and Guillet streets in the McCrea Heights and Guilletville area today, July 13, as the city continues to repair a water main.

A local physician, Dr. Miguel Bonin, is alleged to have sexually abused two of his patients, according to information posted on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's website. “It is alleged that Dr.

Construction is now underway for the wheelchair-friendly home of Cpl. Bill Kerr, who lost both legs and his left arm while serving in Afghanistan.

Steelworkers Local 6500 president John Fera admits that the five-year contract the union now has with Vale could be better, but after nearly a year on the picket lines, his members decided it was time to go back to work.

Parents who want to register their children at Rainbow District School Board Schools will now have to wait until schools re-open Aug. 23. Classes begin the day after Labour Day on Sept. 7.

Montreal Canadiens fans may recall that Hector "Toe" Blake was the coach of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and 1960s, until his retirement in 1968. Blake, who died in 1995, was also a native of Coniston.

During a July 9 hearing, the Ontario Labour Relations Board ordered both Steelworkers Local 6500 and Vale to return for another hearing July 13, in which both parties will outline their cases for how nine workers fired during a recent labour dispute

Edgar Burton, a leader in organizing an annual food drive in the city, passed away July 9 at the Sudbury Regional Hospital at the age of 56. Burton retired in 2009 after working 36 years in Vale’s divisional shops, his obituary said.