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A Sudbury man who has devoted his time to bring together the local Muslim community as well as co-found the Sudbury Interfaith Dialogue forum, is one of the recipient of the of the June Callwood Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism.

The Canadian Mining and Industrial Expo is coming to Greater Sudbury on April 28-29, and will showcase new products and services from around the world.

Captain Paul Watson, a founder of the environmental organization Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, made no apologies for his brand of activism at Green Earth Expo, an environmental trade show April 24 at the Exhibition Centre.

The Sudbury Catholic District School Board is looking at improving how it uses technology in the classroom.

Deb Matthews, the province's health and long-term care minister, recently spoke via teleconference with journalists whose newspapers belong to the Ontario Community Newspaper Association about reforms to the province's prescription drug system.

Rain barrels, used to conserve water and prevent water from entering sanitary sewers, have become so popular with city residents that the city had to triple the number of units on sale this year, Céline Beaupré, city operations engineer, said.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is drawing attention to the services it provides at the MS Centre of Hope, located at 2750 Bancroft Dr.

Collège Boréal staff member Jöelle Beaulieu fills up at one of the new drinking fountains recently installed at the school. The fountains are designed to save and provide optimal quality water to staff and students.

Dr. Julie Bowen, a radiation oncologist with the Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital (HRSRH) Regional Cancer Program (RCP), co-authored a paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Francophone Affairs Unit of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) will hold its third symposium at the Radisson Hotel in Sudbury April 28 - 30.