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Laurentian University economics professor David Robinson will give his annual speech about what lies ahead for the city's economy at an event hosted by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Dec. 7.

Greater Sudbury community calendar listings for Dec. 7-9. To put your listing on this board post it online or e-mail [email protected] , phone 705-673-5667 ext. 367. All locations for Sudbury unless otherwise indicated.

An entrepreneur program run by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) has provided four local businesses with a total of $99,830. The funding is expected to create about 19 new full-time and part-time jobs.

Toula Sakellaris, Apollo Restaurant owner, and Léo Therrien, Maison Vale Inco Hospice executive director, said they want people to think of the hospice this holiday season.

Sudburians are remembering women who were killed through violence today (Dec. 6) on the National Day of Action on Violence Against Women. On Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman entered Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique, and killed 14 women.

The new city council may have just been sworn in, but they're holding their final meeting of the year Dec. 8 at 6 p.m.

Steelworkers Local 6500 will be collecting donations at various public locations throughout Greater Sudbury Dec. 7 to benefit the families of striking Voisey's Bay, Nfld. workers.

Confederation Secondary School will host its annual Christmas is Giving Food Drive Dec. 7. In partnership with area food banks, students will pick up non-perishable food items around the community of Valley East and Capreol.

Ontario Air Ambulance (Ornge) will be filming a helicopter response training video at the Dowling helipad Dec. 6 beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until the evening, weather permitting.

Trustees with the Rainbow District School Board will be sworn in during a ceremony at Tom Davies Square Dec. 6. Madame Justice Patricia C. Hennessy will administer the oath of office to the trustees, who were elected Oct. 25.