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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.

A study released today documents the brutal impact of homelessness on the lives of women in Toronto.

BY BILL BRADLEY It is festival time in Greater Sudbury! From now on throughout the summer, a number of festivals occur almost every weekend for months thanks to the volunteers that give up their time and energy to ensure city residents enjoy themselv

BY BILL BRADLEY Chuck Angus played performer and politician at the Northern Lights Festival Boreal (NLFB) Friday night on stage at Bell Park.

BY LAUREL MYERS Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 634 gathered outside the gates of Bell Park Thursday afternoon to stage an informational protest about what they said was an unfair end to a “gentleman'

BY BILL BRADLEY The month long strike by 70 Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) gaming workers at Sudbury Downs is hurting local pocketbooks. City officials have estimated that the municipality's loss in June could be as much as $200,000.

BY JANET GIBSON [email protected] Cambrian College received $3.25 million from the province Friday to add programs and buy equipment.

BY MARIE LITALIEN Young people making their way through the downtown Rainbow Centre on the afternoon of July 3 may have walked out with a job. The Sudbury Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) held a Youth Fair to help link students with employers.

BY LAUREL MYERS A group of kids are bicycling in style after giving their time to better the community.