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BY MAREK KRASUSKI for northern life Collège Boréal has joined forces with the National Film Board and Toon Boom to launch a French-language animated short film contest.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Vascular surgeon Dr. John Fenton, his associates and staff celebrated the opening of the Sudbury Vascular Laboratory this week. Although the clinic opened in Oak Plaza near Loach’s Rd. in May, the grand opening was Monday.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN To paraphrase Mayor John Rodriguez, no one is driving the health-care bus in Greater Sudbury.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci says a 25 percent pay hike proposed by his government this week will attract quality candidates to run for provincial office.

CVRD Inco announced Dec. 14 that a $52 million investment in new copper separation technology at its Clarabelle Mill is now operational. "This $52 million investment in copper separation at the Clarabelle Mill is a significant milestone.

BY BILL BRADLEY One green energy project, landfill gas collection, is close to reality and could be a money maker for Greater Sudbury.

BY BILL BRADLEY Greater Sudbury council have passed a number of measures that would stabilize funding to develop a homeless strategy.

BY BILL BRADLEY Mayor John Rodriguez attempted to make major changes to the makeup of the Greater Sudbury Utilities GSU board of directors Wednesday night at the first new city council meeting.

Xstrata Nickel will contribute $100,000 to Laurentian University in order to permanently endow the Xstrata Nickel Memorial Lecture Series. The university will match this amount with funds from the Falconbridge Lecture trust account.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The provincial government passed a law this week which involves a number of measures to keep students in school until they are 18, including taking away their driver's licenses.