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Stanford speaks at SAMSSA annual general meeting BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Vale Inco will not be engaging in its annual maintenance shut-down in 2008.

The Freedom Riders Motorcycle Association of Northern Ontario donated $2,000 to the Burnscar Garment Fund which is operated from the Hand and Upper Limb Rehabilitation Department of the Sudbury Regional Hospital.

MPP Rick Bartolucci made an announcement today that was mimicked by MPPs across the province.

BY LAUREL MYERS An industrial fire at Vale Inco in Copper Cliff put the Greater Sudbury Fire Department’s hazardous materials (HAZMAT) program to the test, and the results were less than desirable.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY Since last Thursday (Dec. 6), the city has issued five warnings about traffic disruptions or other problems relating to broken water mains.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY As many as 250 Greater Sudbury women will be asked to participate in a research study looking at environmental chemicals in the bodies of pregnant women and their babies.

BY BILL BRADLEY Hopes to revive the popular West End Cambrian Fitness Centre, set to close Dec. 31, have died.

BY VICKI GILHULA Mayor John Rodriguez is in his seventh decade, but he fully expects to run for re-election in 2010.

BY GIANNI UBRIACO Following Auditor General Jim McCarter’s report tabled Tuesday, which cited hundreds of convicted sex offenders in Ontario are not listed on the police’s registry, Community Safety Minister Rick Bartolucci is asking that many of its

BY BILL BRADLEY It is not often you can get something for free.