Local News

BY BILL BRADLEY Downtown Sudbury promoters may get the boost they need to grow the city’s urban core. Greater Sudbury residents will get a chance to peek at a major $35 million capital initiative for revitalizing the downtown Thursday evening.

BY JANET GIBSON Over the next 12 years, the number of people over 65 will double in the City of Greater Sudbury, said a report done by the non-profit group Friendly to Seniors.

Rick Bartolucci, Sudbury MPP, joined the Catholic School Board’s partners in education in celebrating the launch of the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM), Health and Wellness, program recently at St. Charles College.

BY JANET GIBSON For the entire day on Friday, May 2, a city worker who normally maintains the parks, stood brushing the outside wall of a change room, trying to remove some graffiti. Someone had spray painted the word TAZ in huge, bold letters.

The final phase of a major road widening project on the Kingsway, between Falconbridge Road and the Southeast Bypass is underway, stated a city news release.

BY BILL BRADLEY It is a tale of two solitudes. Sudbury is booming while southern Ontario is hurting. In the north, family incomes are up according to newly released Statistics Canada information.

BY JANET GIBSON Sylvie Paquette, a dead ringer for Reese Witherspoon’s character in Legally Blond, held a captive audience last week.

BY BILL BRADLEY City residents concerned about metals in their soils and water bodies will finally be informed.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) recently launched a new website, which can be found at www.nosm.ca . The site features a new, contemporary design with easy navigation and expanded functionality, stated a news release.

A new production by March Entertainment will create new jobs in Sudbury, thanks to an investment of $1.65 million by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced Friday.