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This week is designated as Research Week at Laurentian University. To celebrate the importance of research and the partnerships between the university and its community partners, five Louise Picard research grants were awarded Friday morning.

Chaos erupted at Greater Sudbury's Laurentian University board of governors meeting just as members were about to vote on a tuition fee increase Friday afternoon.

A group of about 20 Laurentian University students staged a creative protest Friday to convince members of the school's board of governors not to hike tuition fees by $200.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci will be on a trade mission in Europe next week.

BY KEITH LACEY A new union representing 17,000 part-time teaching and support staff at Ontario’s 24 community colleges has launched membership drives at Cambrian College and College Boreal.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN A 23-year-old Chelmsford woman hopes to become the Conservative candidate for Nickel Belt in the next federal election.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The president of the medical staff at Sudbury Regional Hospital says he’s troubled by recent media reports that imply physicians do not get along with the hospital’s board and administration.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN A Laurentian University professor who has had his share of battles with his bosses is being asked to vacate three testing rooms at the school's animal care facility by Feb. 16. Dr.

Greater Sudbury's city council is appealing to senior levels of government for money to complete 36 necessary culvert replacements. A culvert collapse on Bay St. in Worthington took the life of a 18-year-old girl in May 2006.

BY JASON THOMPSON City council has cut the Greater Sudbury Utilities (GSU) board of directors down to size in terms of composition and remuneration.