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BY BILL BRADLEY Metis leaders met Sept. 11 at the Mine Mill Hall to sign a historic protocol of co-operation. “We, the Metis, have always played a significant role in Ontario and Canada.

If you need gas, you might want to buy it this afternoon. While some gas stations have jumped in price to approximately $1.40 a litre, some are still sitting at just under $1.28 a litre.

BILL BRADLEY Sustainability was the word most used by Parviz Farsangi, Vale Inco's executive vice-president, at a talk at Science North Thursday evening.

BY BILL BRADLEY Sudbury riding Conservative candidate Gerry Labelle will have the help of John Tory, Ontario opposition leader, for his federal election campaign launch at the Rainbow Centre at 5:15 p.m Friday.

The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has advised the Sudbury & District Health Unit that test results of a water sample taken from Ramsey Lake in waters east of Lake Point Court on the Bethel Lake peninsula are positive for blue-green algae (cya

Laurentian University will host a talk by Jim Stanford, an economist for the Canadian Autoworkers Union and columnist for the Globe and Mail, on Sept. 18.

Parents and guardians can now register children for Kindercentre at the Rainbow District School Board. Kindercentre is a program for preschoolers aged two to four and their caregivers.

BY JANET GIBSON A New Sudbury man is happy to be alive after coming down with a rare infection this past summer.

A new Greater Sudbury welcome sign has just been erected by the Sudbury Airport on Skead Rd., which runs alongside the airport property. This is one of five welcome signs to be installed on highways coming into the city on Hwy. 69 south, Hwy.

BY BILL BRADLEY City playgrounds need to be for all, not just the able bodied, said Nicole Yantzi, a geography professor at Laurentian University.