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BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Bayshore Home Health is looking to hire about 30 new workers in the region to meet the increasing demand for home care.

The City of Greater Sudbury received another cheque from the Ontario Lottery Gaming (OLG) Slots at Sudbury Downs Friday in the amount of $525,098.

People shopping this week at the Sudbury Winners and HomeSense big box stores don't need to be afraid their credit card or bank information could be accessed by fraud artists, says a spokeperson for TJX Companies. Based in Farmington, Mass.

Greater Sudbury's United Way/Centraide's 2006 campaign raised $1,880,000. That's an increase of 25 percent over the 2005 campaign. "This is the fastest growing campaign in Canada," said United Way president and Northern Life publisher Abbas Homayed.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Jennifer Fournier-Gervais used to spend her days caring for people with broken arms, gaping cuts and pneumonia as an emergency room nurse at St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

BY JASON THOMPSON Greater Sudbury may face some stiff competition if it wants to keep its medical school graduates from leaving town.

BY JASON THOMPSON City council has thrown its support behind a movement to ask for amendments to Bill 140, legislation designed to change long-term care in Ontario.

BY KEITH LACEY A union boss says unless management with Xstrata PLC's Sudbury nickel operations divulge all the details about plans to enter into a joint venture agreement with CVRD-Inco in Sudbury, there's a good chance more than 1,000 workers could

The Sudbury and District Health Unit is reporting the first confirmed case of influenza A infection in the Greater Sudbury area. Influenza, or the flu, is a highly contagious, acute, viral disease of the respiratory tract.

Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez and city council invite citizens to share their ideas and comments prior to the start of the 2007 budget deliberations. A public input session will be held in each ward Monday Jan.