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Friends of the Roxborough Greenbelt and the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee invite people to register now for their Winter Walkathon Sunday, Feb. 10 starting at 1 pm and finishing at Tom Davies Square at 3 pm.

BY WENDY BIRD It could be one of Greater Sudbury’s best kept secrets: a hub for mental health and addictions services that is open to anyone who may be in need of support.

Members of the Recreational Complex Advisory Panel have selected the site they will recommend to Greater Sudbury City Council as the location of the proposed multi-use recreation complex.

BY RISA OLDFIELD If you have not made your New Year’s resolutions yet, you could vow to make the world a better place by making a donation to an organization that helps people living in the Third World.

Sudbury Secondary School is celebrating its centennial in 2008 with a reunion weekend planned for July 31 to Aug. 3.

The Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA) is warning residents that, due to record temperatures and a major meltdown of the snowpack, watercourses and major drainage channels are very full with fast flowing water.

Residents of Capreol will no longer have to drive to Hanmer for groceries. A new Foodland grocery store will open next month in the same location, eighteen months after the previous grocery store closed its doors.

BY BILL BRADLEY Open air burning will be a hot topic this week in Greater Sudbury.

The Walden Ski Club will be hosting a fundraising concert on Jan. 19 to raise money for a snowmaking equipment that will allow the Lively Skill Hill to open. The hill has been closed for two seasons due to lack of snow.

BY LAUREL MYERS A new building has been erected in the Finlandia Village to offer a temporary solution for their lengthy waiting list. The Majatalo, which means inn in Finnish, held it’s grand opening Friday afternoon.