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Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman plans to marry his long-time partner at a wilderness resort near Elliot Lake Aug. 5. The politician got engaged to Christopher Peloso, who manages the chocolate company Lindt, over Christmas.

The Canadian Mental Health Association has set up a program for Greater Sudbury women suffering from post-partum depression with the help of a $158,600 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant.

The City of Greater Sudbury has launched a new telephone number for information on city services and programs. 3-1-1 becomes effective immediately and will provide a "one-stop-shop" for people looking for any information on the city.

BY JASON THOMPSON Five northern Ontario mayors say they aren’t whining or begging they just want to be treated fairly by the province. Sault Ste.

The newly elected president and CEO of CVRD Inco says the people of Greater Sudbury can “expect to see very little change” with how the mining company is run.

City of Greater Sudbury crews are repairing a water main break at the intersection of Davidson and MacKenzie St. in Sudbury. It is estimated repairs will be ongoing until midnight. Davidson St.

Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci is critical of his colleague's remarks to the media about Sudbury Regional Hospital administration. At a news conference today (Friday, Feb.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Nickel Belt MP Ray Bonin says he’s spending his last months in parliament watching the Conservatives unravel the programs his party put in place when they were in power. “The economy is in a standstill.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN As an early childhood educator at Walden Day Care, 20-year-old Paula Cunningham knows all toddlers love their “blankie.

BY KEITH LACEY Bigger doesn’t always mean better, but don’t tell that to the employees with the new and improved CTF/Brafasco industrial supply outlet in Sudbury.