Local News

The City of Greater Sudbury is providing opportunities for residents to learn how to be more energy efficient and how to save money on their energy bills.

To mark the International Day of Disabled Persons on Monday (Dec. 3), the Independent Living Resources Centre is hosting an awareness celebration in the foyer of Tom Davies Square from 11 am to 1:30 pm.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY There were 594 lost-time injuries recorded by local companies registered with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in the last year, costing $58 million dollars in direct and indirect costs.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY It’s going to cost $8.8 million to replace the sections of Pioneer Manor that were destroyed or damaged by fire last year.

Joey Niceforo performed at the Sudbury Blood Donor Clinic to launch the Canadian Blood Services Brighten a life campaign across Northern Ontario.

The Elgin Street Mission is announcing an extreme cold weather alert on behalf of Centre de Sante Communautaire de Sudbury.

In preparation for the coming winter, the City of Greater Sudbury is reminding motorists there is no parking on any roadway, highway, laneway or side street between the hours of midnight and 7 am, starting Saturday, Dec. 1.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY The city’s draft 2008 budget is translating into a 4.7 percent tax increase, which means about an extra $93 on the property tax bill of a ratepayer with a home assessed at $120,000. The increase in city taxes in 2007 was 4.2 percent.

BY LAUREL MYERS Three mothers on the maternity ward at the Sudbury Regional Hospital claimed to have been visited by Brenda Batisse Nov.

BY WENDY BIRD It was a bit of a surprise to the publisher, but no one at Malcolm Lester Books expected the 1999 book about Judy Feld Carr, a former Sudburian who risked her life to save thousands of Syrian Jews, to sell out.