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Falconbridge Limited is reporting consolidated earnings of $672 million (basic earnings per share of $3.71 and diluted earnings per share of $3.69) for 2004. This compares with earnings of $191 million (basic earnings per share of $1.

Sudbury's Conservative candidate, Kevin Serviss, met with local business people at the Howard Johnson Hotel Wednesday to discuss Sudbury's economic status and future.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] Watch out Laurentian University. Cambrian College now has the right to grant bachelor?s degrees, and will begin to do so starting September 2006.

One of the most influential figures of the Olympic movement in the past 30 years was recognized with an honorary doctorate of sports administration Saturday at the Laurentian University fall convocation ceremony. Dr.

BY JASON THOMPSON [email protected] Former premier Mike Harris' common sense revolution is one reason Ontario voters are leery of Stephen Harper because they think he has the same agenda, says journalist and political commentator Chantal Hebert.

BY CRAIG GILBERT [email protected] The strike at Greater Sudbury Utilities is over. Over 80 Canadian Union of Public Employee (CUPE) Local 4705 members could be helping keep the city's lights on as early as tomorrow.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] Leanne Benner and Tara Blair were eager to land jobs working on the CBC animated series Chilly Beach. No ordinary resume would do. So they came up with a wacky plan.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.

Collège Boréal, in partnership with the National Film Board, will be hosting a presentation by the visual artist Jean Détheux on Wednesday, Jan.

BY CRAIG GILBERT [email protected] Cambrian College has suspended first-year intake for its geology technician program for the next academic year.