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Sudbury will lead Canada in manufacturing biodiesel fuel for the local, national and export market. Biodiesel fuel used in cars like this is made from oil seed crops. On Friday, Nickel Belt MP Ray Bonin officially announced $1.

BY ADELLE LAMOUR A common theme at a public forum Tuesday was that money should not limit access to post-secondary education for students in Ontario.

With inches of the fluffy white stuff on the ground this morning, Greater Sudbury Police and the city's public works department are asking motorists to drive according to the conditions today as crews scramble to deal with the snowfall.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] When Butch Ouimette became first officer with the Nickel Centre chapter of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club a few years ago, he decided to use his new position to honour Canada?s war veterans.

Sudbury Star newspaper guild members staged a one-hour protest on Wednesday against Osprey Media for establishing call centres in Niagara Falls and Sarnia, which they claim will result in local job losses.

RockON, a bilingual magazine and website ( www.rock-on.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW [email protected] There?s been a beer tent at Ella Lake during Capreol Days for 40 years, but this year organizers say they are caught up in too much red tape from the city.

LED lights have been in the news recently because some of the energy saving lights have been subject to recall.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] Twenty-four-year-old Jamie Holmes loves working at Sudbury?s Independent Living Resource Centre.

Greater Sudbury's transition from emergency response to sustainable care of Kashechewan residents continued over the weekend as 168 of the 243 evacuees were moved into area motels.