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BY JANET GIBSON Sudbury Regional Hospital will likely set aside plans to add onto the one-site hospital’s three-floor centre tower now that the Ministry of Health has said it won’t give $20 million for a shelled-in floor.

BY BILL BRADLEY A new $10.6 billion federal provincial infrastructure program could help fund Greater Sudbury's major infrastructure projects, said Greg Clausen, general manager of infrastructure services.

Although NDP leader Howard Hampton welcomes the $6 billion which will be spent by the federal and provincial governments on infrastructure projects in Ontario, he said he wonders why it took so long for the agreement to be reached.

BY BILL BRADLEY Though the federal election could be many months away, one Sudbury riding politician is knocking on doors already.

Newcap Inc. and Rogers Broadcasting Limited have entered into an agreement to exchange radio stations subject to approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

BY JUDI KOSKI Bloodstock 2008 is a bursary program open to Grade 11 and 12 and postsecondary students who must recruit at least 25 blood donors from anywhere in Canada by Sept. 5.

BY JANET GIBSON Some students who’ve been accepted by colleges in Sudbury are considering turning down the offers because they fear they won’t be able to find a place to live, officials say. Sudbury’s vacancy rate was pegged at 0.

BY JANET GIBSON First year students who will attend Cambrian College in the fall got a chance to blow away the jitters at a day-long event on July 18.

BY JANET GIBSON Three champions of Wembley Public School are unfazed by a report that recommends Rainbow District School Board add a floor to Princess Anne Public School rather than repair Wembley.

BY BILL BRADLEY The City of Greater Sudbury has been told by Vale Inco that after 2010 they no longer will be allowed to dump their sewage in their tailings pond in Lively.