Local News

A recent outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant virus called Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) closed the eighth floor of Sudbury Regional Hospital's Laurentian site to visitors last month.

Senior administrators at Sudbury Regional Hospital have been showing their faces in hospital wards and nurse lounges a little more often lately.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Sudbury Regional Hospital CEO Vickie Kaminski says she's not concerned about media reports stating another hospital construction project in the north will end up costing twice as much as originally estimated.

A major enforcement blitz aimed at protecting lake trout across northeastern Ontario found the majority of anglers abiding by the rules. The blitz took place in Sault Ste.

Greater Sudbury Police and Greater Sudbury Fire Services are warning all members of the public to stay off area waterways still covered by thin layers of ice following an event Tuesday where three youngsters fell through the ice on a local lake.

The Sudbury and District Labour Council will again be holding a service as part of the official Day of Mourning, organized by the Canadian Labour Congress.

BY MIKE SIMMS There’s a housing shortage in Sudbury with rental vacancy rates hovering just above one percent. The rate could go lower than one percent this year. Sudbury’s vacancy rate, the amount of housing available, dropped to a low of 1.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Gary Costello wasn’t even born yet when the First World War raged in Europe in the early part of the last century.

The City of Greater Sudbury announced Tuesday it will oversee the operation of the Farmers' Market for the 2007 season, while working toward a permanent management solution for 2008.

A celebration of the life of well-known Sudbury poet Robert Dickson will be held April 14 at Theatre du Nouvel-Ontario (TNO). Dickson died March 19 at the age of 62 after a short battle with cancer.