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Paul Finley, an economic development officer with the City of Greater Sudbury, is the seventh person who has announced he will seek the federal Liberal nomination in Nickel Belt.

Ukrainian Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Greater Sudbury are celebrating Christmas today, Jan. 7. Canadians from many Eastern European countries follow the Julian Calendar which delays Christmas 13 days.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The union representing 40 workers who care for mentally disabled people in Espanola was ordered by the Human Rights Commission to run a newspaper advertisement. The advertisement, which ran in the Dec.

Cambrian College’s Medical Laboratory Technology program has received national accreditation from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN There's less chance the city's economy will grind to a halt during an influenza pandemic if business owners and managers develop pandemic plans, says Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce president John Bonin.

BY MAREK KRASUSKI His voice is muffled by the accumulated weight of decades, but J.N. (Pat) Charette, 97, walks down a long hall at Pioneer Manor with the brisk gait of a military officer: precise, erect and firm.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN The city's mental health services will be back in local hands by spring.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN There have been no outbreaks in Greater Sudbury of a “superbug” called Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that doctors fear will soon spread across Canada, says the city's associate medical officer of

According to Reuters, a provincial mediator has become involved in contract talks between Xstrata Nickel and the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union in Greater Sudbury.

Inco Ltd. announced that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the amalgamation of Inco with Itabira Canada Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of CVRD, at a meeting in Toronto Jan. 3.