Local News

BY KENT CORNESS Greater Sudbury kids got an opportunity to earn their own mountain bikes and helmets through the months of May and June by helping out in their community through the Earn a Bike program.

BY GIANNI UBRIACO Recent fires at several city facilities are beginning to spark concern, according to City of Greater Sudbury Fire Chief, Donald Donaldson.

Mine Mill 598/CAW announced today it has joined forces with Citizens for the Preservation of the Nepahwin/Lily Creek Wetlands to fight development in the Lily Creek area in the city’s South End.

BY WENDY BIRD A feisty crowd of more than 200 residents showed up Wednesday evening at the Tom Davies Community Centre to learn more and express their opinions about the foul odour originating from the tailings ponds near Lively.

BY BILL BRADLEY A long awaited environmental cleanup project is finally underway.

BY WENDY BIRD Relief is on the way for families that have to travel for treatment outside of Northern Ontario. Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced Wednesday that improvements are being made to the Northern Health Travel Grant.

The city revealed last week the new electronic fareboxes it installed on all Greater Sudbury transit buses. The fareboxes cost approximately $2 million, 95 percent of which was contributed by the Ontario government.

The following projects will be updated on a weekly basis to inform motorists of potential traffic delays or new traffic patterns.

BY MATTHEW GILLIES In partnership with Laurentian University and Science North, Rainbow Routes Association is proposing the construction of a two-kilometre recreational trail along Ramsey Lake Rd.

BY GIANNI UBRIACO Fourteen-year-old Garson native Alessandro Costantini was recently chosen from thousands of talented young actors across the country for a main part in a made-for-television movie called Sticks and Stones, which is expected to air o