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Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez and city council invite citizens to share their ideas and comments prior to the start of the 2007 budget deliberations. A public input session will be held in each ward Monday Jan.

Members of Local 598 Xstrata Nickel Unit have voted in favour of a strike mandate and will be hitting the picket lines if a new agreement isn't made by the end of the month.

BY BILL BRADLEY It seems like a contradiction. There are estimated to be 4,000 foreign-trained doctors in Ontario who can’t work in their field because of seemingly insurmountable regulatory hurdles.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The community care access centre that used to serve the Greater Sudbury and Manitoulin Island areas merged with four other similar organizations from across the northeast Jan. 1.

Sudbury Business and Professional Women's Club (BPW) presents the Career Skills Achievement Program designed and prepared by the Professional Development Committee, BPW Canada, for women who work. Six modules will be presented throughout 2007.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Normand Lanthier can't stand it when people complain about issues but won't do anything to change the world.

City workers have been called in to repair a broken water main on Paris St. near the four corners. City spokesperson Ghislain Lamothe said Greater Sudbury Police are on the scene directing traffic. One lane is currently open in each direction.

BY KEITH LACEY Talks have "slowed to a crawl", but union negotiators remain confident a deal between Local 598 of the Mine Mill/CAW and XStrata Nickel management can still be worked out over the next two weeks.

BY KEITH LACEY Federal NDP leader Jack Layton said he and his political party will push hard to reintroduce a national housing strategy.

The following is a summary of the recommendations in the Community Solutions Team report presented last Wednesday to city council.