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A reception was held at Laurentian University Thursday to honour the 2006-2007 Deans’ Scholars and Millennium Awards recipients.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Health and Long-Term Care Minister George Smitherman is criticizing the way Sudbury Regional Hospital is run.

cBY KEITH LACEY Contract negotiations went down to the wire, as a new three-year collective agreement was reached to avoid a strike against Xstrata Nickel, scheduled to start Thursday one minute past midnight.

BY KEITH LACEY A government protocol allowing developmentally delayed adults to move into long-term care facilities is a recipe for disaster, says a government critic and professor who predicts more tragedies like the one that claimed the life of Kei

BY JASON THOMPSON Cambrian College is shining the spotlight on its best, nominating four graduates for a Premier’s Award, which honours college alumni in Ontario.

BY JASON THOMPSON Reacting to comments made by Health and Long Term Care Minister George Smitherman, Ward 5 Councillor Ron Dupuis said health care in Greater Sudbury is beyond the crisis level.

BY JASON THOMPSON Volunteer firefighter and Ward 7 Councillor Russ Thompson says he was shocked to find a leaflet in the mail from the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) saying the city has endorsed its initiative to unionize volunteer fir

BY JASON THOMPSON Ward 4 Councillor Evelyn Dutrisac says she is removing herself from the executive committee of the Sudbury and District Health Unit Board because of a conflict of interest.

City council has approved a $15,000 funding request from Clean Air Sudbury (CAS).

The City of Greater Sudbury is advising residents that the Ramsey Lake skating path will open Friday, Feb. 2. The path is approximately 1.5 km long, extending from the Sudbury Canoe Club at the corner of Elizabeth St. and McNaughton Ter.