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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.

Rainbow District School Board trustees paid tribute to the late Bob Diebel at their regular board meeting April 19, which was held at Assignack Public School in Manitowaning. The former director of the Espanola Board of Education passed away April 2.

The province has provided Collège Boréal with close to $4 million to support trades training at the college. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is giving the college $3.5 million to construct a 80,741 square foot trades training centre.

Louise Paquette, the new CEO of the North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN), shared her vision for the future of the organization during an interview with reporters from Laurentian Media (Northern Life's parent company) April 22.