Local News

The TD Canada Trust at the corner of Elm and Durham Streets celebrated its centennial Friday. The bank opened at 16 Durham St., Dec. 16, 1902; It was called the Bank of Toronto at the time.

Sudbury?s burgeoning Music and Film in Motion (MFM) has received a giant financial boost from the province and city.

A funeral service will be held today in Brantford for Craig McMillan, who collapsed and died on stage this past weekend while playing bass for Shania Twin, a Shania Twain tribute band.

A special tribute will be held at the Science North IMAX Theatre today (Wednesday) at 7 and 8:15 pm.

BY KEITH LACEY City council and the Sudbury and District Health Unit are taking a proactive approach to have an action plan should any potentially deadly virus come to this community.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY Shopping at Bottega Mia can make a woman feel like Cinderella, getting ready for the ball. Sonia Toppazzini (above) and her daughter Rita Schutt, opened a store downtown 17 years ago.

BY DIANE GILHULA A centre dedicated to assisting aboriginal people who are living in Greater Sudbury is thriving in the downtown. It started out in one room on Ignatius Street.

Polish CombatantsÂ? Week is Aug. 9 to 16 proclaimed by the City of Greater Sudbury.

BY MICHAEL JAMES mjames@northernlife.

Otto Rennenkampff is the new president of the Mended Hearts Chapter in Sudbury. Mended Hearts is a voluntary support organization dedicated to helping people with heart disease. Members visit patients in hospital and have been doing so for 20 years.