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Local psychiatrist and community leader Dr. Rayudu Koka has received the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship at a ceremony at Queen’s Park on Jan. 31 for his outstanding contribution to his community. Specifically, Dr.

Diane Marleau said today that she was delighted with the level of support received from the community for her Passport Office petition.

BY BILL BRADLEY The practice of contracting out expensive consulting services for city infrastructure projects to a single firm is controversial. It raised the ire of Ward 8 councillor Ted Callaghan at city council Wednesday night.

BY BILL BRADLEY Good times for Greater Sudbury, for its business community and for its residents, are going to keep on rolling, said Fred Stanford, president Vale Inco Ontario Operations Thursday.

BY BILL BRADLEY Improved care for some of Greater Sudbury’s most vulnerable citizens got the nod from city council Wednesday.

BY LAUREL MYERS The Sudbury and District Board of Health is stepping on board with communities across the province in an effort to make smoking in vehicles carrying children a thing of the past.

BY BILL BRADLEY It is all about design - designing better communities and their economies.

The growing population of first nations students will continue to get access to educational services that are targeted towards enhancing their culture, said education officials Wednesday morning.

BY BILL BRADLEY Saving energy is good for the household bottom line both winter and summer, said city officials recently. They are organizing the city’s first Home Energy Efficiency Contest starting Friday, Feb. 1 and running until Friday Feb. 29.

When the new Valley View Public School opened in September 2007, Greater Sudbury became home to the first Green School in Northern Ontario.