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BY BILL BRADLEY Whether or not backyard burning should be allowed, or whether it should be banned entirely has been a hot topic of conversation on and off since public consultation meetings were held last winter.

Rainbow District School Board recently announced senior leadership appointments and transfers of staff within the elementary and secondary school panels. They are as follows: Elementary schools: Kim Kalviainen, principal of R.L.

The Sudbury Playground Hockey League (SPHL) is inviting families to participate in the first annual “Donate Blood for Life” campaign. Donate blood between July 14 and 31 to receive $10 off a child’s hockey registration fee for the 2008-09 season.

NDP critic for health and long-term care France Gélinas is urging the ombudsman to investigate the McGuinty Liberals’ handling of repeated horror stories in long-term care homes.

BY BILL BRADLEY Small businesses are getting hit hard by rising energy costs, said a representative of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

BY BILL BRADLEY Fewer Lively residents are calling about odour from a nearby tailings pond this year, according to Ward 2 Coun. Jacques Barbeau.

Ombudsman André Marin’s third annual report released in June documents his office’s success in helping thousands of Ontarians in the past year – and questions why hospital patients don’t have the same recourse to his services.

BY MARIE LITALIEN Champagne, hors d’oeuvres and classical music mixed with hard hats, yellow caution tape and concrete on Thursday evening. An unusual combination, but fitting for the celebratory roof capping of the 15 Maki condominium project.

BY BILL BRADLEY Volunteers like Ross Kelly and Dale Pepin make all the difference for organizations such as Northern Lights Festival Boréal. Kelly has been volunteering with the music festival for 15 years.

CNW - On June 30, a 34-year-old man and two young children died in a fire in a trailer park in Essex, Ontario. It has been confirmed by Office of the Fire Marshal investigators that no working smoke alarms were found in the trailer.