Local News

United Steelworkers Local 6500 president John Fera has announced the USW will be hosting unionized workers from Brazil in Sudbury Dec. 6.

On the heels of an information meeting last month with volunteer firefighters in Greater Sudbury, representatives with the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) will again meet with the firefighters to discuss unionization.

Kevin Serviss, who ran for the Sudbury Conservatives in the federal election last January, has announced he won't run in the next federal election.

The Greater Sudbury Public Library, in partnership with the Independant Living Resource Centre, is offering introductory computer lessons to its patrons.

Because of limited seating capacity in the council chamber at Tom Davies Square, the inaugural meeting of city council is by invitation only. The inauguration takes place Dec. 6 at 7 pm.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Claire Cressey-Forsyth of the Canadian Cancer Society says she has the ultimate weapon in the battle against cancer – word of mouth.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Local Liberals are rallying behind their new leader, Stephane Dion, after he jumped from third to first place at the party's leadership convention in Montreal Saturday.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The results are almost the same after a recount of the ballots in Ward 12 Friday. City clerk Angie Hache announced Joscelyne Landry-Altmann is officially the new councillor for the ward.

Xstrata Nickel announced Friday the first phase of development of the Fraser Morgan nickel project located in Sudbury, Ontario.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Ward 12 candidate John Caruso said he wasn't nervous as election workers performed a recount of ballots in his area Friday morning. “I think this is the acid test for the system.