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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.

CVRD Inco has donated $5,000 to pay for traditional teaching circles being put on during this year's Little Native Hockey League tournament.

Ward 1 Councillor Joe Cimino has agreed to replace Ron Dupuis on the city's planning committee. Dupuis, the councillor for Ward 5, announced his resignation from the committee Feb. 6 citing his poor health.

Several city councillors were named to local boards during council's Feb. 14 meeting. To begin, Ward 6 Councillor Andre Rivest has been replaced on the Sudbury and District Board of Health by Ward 9 Councillor Doug Craig.