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Services at St. Joseph’s Health Centre are in the process of being moved to the new hospital. Starting 6 a.m., March 28, labouring mothers and people needing emergency services should go to the new one-site hospital. Prior to 6 a.m.

Superior Court Justice Robbie Gordon will come to a decision later this week on the number of Steelworkers Local 6500 picketers allowed at Vale Inco plants in Sudbury, according to media reports.

Rooming houses will be a main topic of discussion at the city's policy committee meeting on March 24, at Tom Davies Square.

The Sudbury YMCA joined 23 other Ontario YMCAs in bringing forward concerns about full-day kindergartens and extended school programs at a public hearing March 22 in Toronto.

With the transfer of patients from Sudbury Regional Hospital's St. Joseph's Health Centre slated for March 28, the hospital is holding an open house March 26 to celebrate the institution's history.

The phone number included in the article Sudburians can 'be part of something big' in the March 23 edition of Northern Life was incorrect. The phone number is actually 1-866-606-0686.

UPDATED — March 23, 2:44 p.m. Sudbury miner FNX Mining Company Inc. and Vancouver-based Quadra Mining Inc. have agreed to a merger of equals, creating an intermediate copper producer to be named Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.

Dozens of union leaders from around the world will join with leaders of the United Steelworkers today in declaring a “Global Week of Action,” according to a press release from the Steelworkers.

These military vehicles passed through Greater Sudbury on their way home, after being used in Exercise Maple Guardian.

UPDATED — March 23, 1:44 p.m. Two early morning water main breaks delayed traffic at two busy city intersections, March 23. One of the water mains, located at Notre Dame Avenue and Lasalle Boulevard, has been repaired as of 1 p.m.