Local News

BY TRACEY DUGUAY “No comment” was the only comment from Mike Romaniuk, vice-president of Xstrata Nickel’s Sudbury Operations, about rumours of a mining merger.

“I’m prepared for the onslaught tomorrow at the Four Corners A&P,” said Doug Craig, who represents Ward 9.

A valve installation on a water main in Lively will close the southbound lane of MR 24, immediately north of Hill Street, from now until the end of January. Southbound traffic will be rerouted to the center-turn lane.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN If all goes well, Greater Sudbury’s architecture school could open in 2009.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY Drilling…blasting…excavation machines belching foul smelling exhaust. This was summer in the city for residents of a small neighbourhood in the city’s South End.

Elementary Schools A.B. Ellis Public School A.B. Ellis Public School will host a concert and assembly on Thursday, December 20th at 1 pm in the school gym. On Friday, December 21st at 9 am, the entire school will participate in a sing-along.

Several changes to Ontario’s fishing regulations come into effect Jan.1. The changes are part of the ministry’s new ecological framework for recreational fisheries management.

The Rainbow District School Board will host public consultations next year on one school within the Greater Sudbury area. At the annual Accommodation Meeting held on Dec.

After the dust settled, city council signed off on a six percent property tax increase, which includes a 2.3 percent capital levy.

City of Greater Sudbury crews are repairing a water main break on Loach’s Road, between Latimer Cres. and Eden Point Dr. Residents in this area may notice discoloured water once repairs are complete early this evening, Dec. 10.