Local News

BY BILL BRADLEY Homer Seguin's biting criticisms of a report of the Sudbury Soil Study, released in May, are getting some support.

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BY JANET GIBSON Sixty-five personal support workers will vote in Sudbury today to say whether or not they want to go on strike. Negotiations between their union – Service Employees International Union Local 1 – and the Red Cross have broken down.

BY BILL BRADLEY Lively citizens who have odor concerns arising from a Vale Inco tailings pond can get more information Tuesday, July 22 at the McClelland Community Centre in Copper Cliff starting 4 p.m.

BY BILL BRADLEY Laurentian University's proposed school of architecture could be bilingual, or at the least, have a parallel curriculum in French. “We are considering this, being a partner.

Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas said she is thrilled Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin is launching an investigation into the province's "mishandling" of long-term care.

Rainbow Routes Association, a non-profit agency with the goal of developing and promoting non-motorized trails in Greater Sudbury, is building several new trails in the city this summer.

More cyclists will be out on the road this summer not only because of the sunshine and warm weather, but because of the steady increase of gas prices.

BY JANET GIBSON When one of the residents at Extendicare York, a Sudbury long-term care home, told the staff they had a rash on July 11, administrator Sandra Moroso immediately notified the home’s family physician.

BY BILL BRADLEY Following the drowning of a 13-year-old boy last year, city councillors have backed a Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA) plan to improve access to the Junction Creek Culvert System at 199 Larch Street on city owned land.