Local News

Sudbury Regional Hospital is reporting that several patients in the hospital’s Critical Care Unit are either confirmed or believed to have H1N1 (swine flu).

UPDATED - Oct. 28, 1:40 p.m. Twenty-four people who work in Vale Inco's Sudbury procurement office will soon receive notices that their jobs are being made redundant.

A number of schools in the Sudbury area have large numbers of students off sick due to flu-like illnesses, according to Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, the Sudbury and District medical officer of health.

Vale Inco is training some of its 1,200 workers who aren't currently on strike to work in the smelter.

Moving major community projects forward was a key interest of Laurentian University professor Derek Wilkinson, who passed away recently.

Rainbow Concrete Industries Ltd. president Boris Naneff successfully convinced the city's planning committee Oct. 20 to re-zone a parcel of land so that the business will no longer be using the property “illegally” by operating a cement plant there.

Rock blasting will continue this week for the installation of new storm sewers on Paris Street, near the York Street intersection.

Snowplows, graders and other vehicles used for winter maintenance will patrol municipal roads during training exercises today through Oct. 28.

Market Square will remain open for an extended period this year - until Dec. 12 - rather than closing at the end of October when harvest season is over.

BY VICKI GILHULA One of the country’s top architects, whose masterpiece is the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que.