Local News

Sudbury Regional Hospital is holding its annual volunteer appreciation dinner at the Caruso Club during the evening of April 22.

National Grocers will not sweeten its severance package for 107 of the 125 employees being laid off this weekend at the company's Lorne Street warehouse, Derik McArthur, union leader, said.

As of September 2010, students at École publique de la Découverte in Val Caron will be able to attend Grade 7 at the school.

A “couple hundred” replacement workers hired by contractors will help to bring Creighton and Coleman mines into full production by the end of June, according to Vale Inco spokesperson Steve Ball.

Lasalle Secondary School students will take part in a full day of activities to celebrate the launch of the Specialist High Skills Major in Energy and the Specialist High Skills Major in Business April 22.

The Sudbury & District Health Unit will be marking National Immunization Awareness week April 24-May 1. History has proven that immunization saves lives, stated a press release from the health unit.

A nurse from the Sudbury Regional Hospital is now president of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). David McNeil, vice president of clinical programs and chief nursing officer, officially became president of the RNAO on April 16.

The provincial government has turned on the taps for the Nickel District Conservation Authority, to the tune of $27,231. The Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA) helps protect local watersheds through research and conservation methods.

Construction on Paris Street will see the northbound curb lane closed between Van Horne and Brady Streets during the week of April 19.

UPDATED — April 19, 10:20 a.m. Sixty men donned bright red, three-inch-tall heels to walk a mile around civic square to raise money and awareness about violence against women on April 18.