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When Lissa Aubin's workplace, the Sudbury-Manitoulin branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, brought in a healthy workplace challenge earlier this year, she really took it to heart.

Students who need to accumulate volunteer hours for their high school diplomas and organizations who need volunteer personnel can connect at a volunteer job fair Oct. 28.

Technologies which may one day support international space exploration missions of the future are being tested by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) at a site in Sudbury.

The owner and operator of The Princess of Pottery, Tashya Orasi, will be hosting a fundraiser for the Northern Cancer Research Foundation Oct. 23-25 called Create for the Cure. The proceeds will go to fund breast cancer research.

Children attending MacLeod Public School will be collecting change from Oct. 19 to Nov. 6 for their Nickels for the North campaign to raise money for Easter Seals Ontario. Easter Seals raises money to help children with physical disabilities.

Greater Sudbury residents will join a global effort this weekend to demand changes to protect the world’s climate, said organizer Cathy Orlando, a Laurentian University science outreach co-ordinator.

While homeowners are sighing about possible tax increases; the city is sighing about a $75,000 insurance premium hike.

A ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Villa St. Gabriel Villa on Friday, Oct. 16, on Regional Rd. 15 in Chelmsford.

Construction on Highway 69 is going as planned, according to Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci. The four-laning of the highway between Sudbury and Parry Sound is set to be finished by 2017.

The Canadian Press has released a primer on swine flu terminology for people to better understand the issue. So far, in the area covered by the Sudbury and District Health Unit, there have been 23 confirmed cases of the illness.