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Former Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman will give the keynote speech at the biennial conference of the Canadian History of Education Association to be held Oct. 24 at Laurentian University.

BY JANET GIBSON A frightening incident at a Sudbury secondary school in November 2006 was one of the factors that motivated the Le Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario to install security systems in its 36 schools, said director of education

Santa Claus has cleared his slate for several trips to Sudbury libraries starting on Nov. 13. Boys and girls, mark these days on your calendar to talk to Santa and have your picture taken with him for free! He'll arrive at 6:30 p.m.

BY BILL BRADLEY Many city councillors say they are not receiving much support for the city's legacy projects. The decision on whether to proceed with the projects may occur tonight at a special meeting of city council.

Health officials said 141 people have become infected following an outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 in North Bay.

One of Sudbury's own was critically injured on Oct. 15 while serving a tour of duty in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

Two men who say a process deciding the future of Wembley Public School is flawed took their message to Tom Davies Square on Monday night.

FNX Mining Company has suspended commercial production at its Levack Mine. The announcement follows an announcement on Sunday that First Nickel, another local junior mining company, suspended production at Lockerby Mine and laid off workers.

BY BILL BRADLEY Despite the uncertain economic times, signing on with donating to the United Way may be both the right and prudent thing to do, said this year's organizing team.

BY BILL BRADLEY The decision on whether to proceed with the city's two legacy projects may occur this week.