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BY KEITH LACEY Although it is beginning to look and feel more like January than April, Ontario has been experiencing some of the warmest winter weather on record.

Two Laurentian University professors were granted $150,000 in funding Tuesday to conduct research in complicated scientific experiments.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Local Hepatitis C victim Ernie Zivny recently got his hands on a copy of the federal compensation package for people who contracted the virus through tainted blood before 1986 and after 1990, and he's not happy with what he read.

An emergency water main repair will interrupt water service to 150 residences in the area of Old Skead Rd. until approximately 7 pm this evening.

Conditions in the Greater Sudbury labour market were strong in December as employment increased nearly two percent, the strongest monthly gain since July. The labour force also expanded, but at a slower pace.

The City of Greater Sudbury is hosting a forum for residents who are interested in pursuing a career in mining. Titled "Making the Match to Mining", the forum will take place at Tom Davies Square Friday, Jan. 12.

BY JASON THOMPSON Community Solutions Team chair Floyd Laughren doesn't know how much recommendatons in his report will cost but he said not implementing them would be costly.

Paul Finley, an economic development officer with the City of Greater Sudbury, is the seventh person who has announced he will seek the federal Liberal nomination in Nickel Belt.

Ukrainian Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Greater Sudbury are celebrating Christmas today, Jan. 7. Canadians from many Eastern European countries follow the Julian Calendar which delays Christmas 13 days.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The union representing 40 workers who care for mentally disabled people in Espanola was ordered by the Human Rights Commission to run a newspaper advertisement. The advertisement, which ran in the Dec.