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Old equipment, overcrowding and unrealistic deadlines for one-site hospital major concerns, says Dr. Bonin BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN A doctor has gone public with his concerns about the state of Sudbury Regional Hospital. Dr.

Almost 45 percent of people in Greater Sudbury who rented apartments in 2001 spent more than 30 percent of their income on housing, according to a report on poverty released Tuesday.

BY KEITH LACEY The president of Local 598 of the Mine Mill/CAW is accusing Xstrata Nickel management of forcing a labour dispute because it will result in record high nickel prices.

A developmentally challenged man killed last week after a tragic incident in a long-term care facility was remembered Monday by his family and friends.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Greater Sudbury's three post-secondary institutions will receive an infusion of provincial money to renovate their buildings and make them more energy-efficient.

Now that we have a school of medicine, what's the next challenge? Dave Robinson, Laurentian University economics professor, says we should go after a school of architecture.

The province has awarded the final contract, worth $43.4 million, to finish the four-laning of Hwy. 69 from Sudbury through to Estaire. The contract was awarded to Carillion Canada Inc.

Greater Sudbury citizens are being encouraged to participate in a postcard campaign to get more money from the federal government.

CP - Brazilian miner Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) will spend (US) $477 million on maintenance at its Canadian operations in 2007, "stay-in-business" funding that will be used to revamp the aging assets it acquired when it took over Inco last yea

Union president Rick Grylls said contract negotiations between Xstrata Nickel and Mine Mill Local 598 are scheduled to resume Monday. It was announced Friday (Jan.