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BY JASON THOMPSON Downtown business owners are being encouraged to beautify their properties with an interest-free grant and loan program from the city. At a meeting Tuesday (Nov.

Collège Boréal has been given the Minister’s Award for Excellence in Service Quality (MAESQ) by Chris Bentley the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities during a gala held Nov. 20 in Toronto.

BY JASON THOMPSON The city's planning committee ignored the recommendations of staff and approved a re-zoning application to allow for the conversion of the Shrine Club on The Kingsway to a transport truck driver training centre.

Greater Sudbury's fire chief is on “unpaid leave” after being off the job for six months and suing his employers, city spokesperson Ghislain Lamothe confirmed Wednesday.

Public health care advocates concerned about privatization are holding a meeting at Finlandia Village Nursing Home Tuesday Nov. 21 from 7 to 9 pm.

Federal politicians voted unanimously Nov. 21 in favour of holding a full state funeral when the last Canadian veteran of the First World War passes away. The motion was brought forward by the NDP.

Battistelli's Your Independent Grocer has won both a Bronze and a Platinum Medal at the 2006 Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year, considered to be the Oscars in the grocery industry.

BY KEITH LACEY A Minnow Lake woman says she's concerned a popular swimming and fishing spot on Ramsey Lake could be spoiled if the city allows a private homeowner to ever build and block public access to a swimming hole long known by Minnow Lakers as

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN When Sean Van Derklis was just five years old, he watched his aunt die in front of him after she was hit by a drunk driver. The woman had gone to get the mail on the other side of the road, and she was struck by a speeding car.

BY JASON THOMPSON If for no other reason than to instill confidence in the voting system, John Caruso has officially filed for a recount of the municipal election results in Ward 12.