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Labour not happy about gradual wage hike

Organizers of a campaign to immediately raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour aren't too happy about the province's plans to hike it gradually over three years. The media reported yesterday the province will raise the minimum wage to $10.

Recommendations made after miner's death

BY KEITH LACEY A coroner's jury has recommended better training for all workers who use blasting aids following the death of a miner six years ago.
Mine unions sign unity accord

Mine unions sign unity accord

BY MAREK KRASUSKI Roaring proclamations of solidarity echoed through Sudbury’s Steelworkers Hall Tuesday as union officials from Canada, Mozambique, Brazil and New Caledonia signed the unprecedented and historic Sudbury Unity Accord.

LU professor receives award

Laurentian University history professor Gaetan Gervais has been awarded the Ordre des francophones d'Amerique from Conseil superieur de la langue francaise du Quebec.

Mark stone soup lunch on calendar

The Social Planning Council of Sudbury is hosting its seventh annual Stone Soup Luncheon April 5 at the Steelworkers' Hall on Frood Rd. The event, which raises money for the Community Emergency Fund, takes place from 12 to 1 pm.

Hospital to participate in audit

Sudbury Regional Hospital has been selected by the Office of the Auditor General to participate in a performance audit of surgical facilities. The audit will focus on the management and use of surgical facilities including the pre-admission process.
Catholic school gets green light

Catholic school gets green light

The French Catholic school board has received permission from the city's planning committee to build a school on Centennial Dr., although not in the location they originally wanted.

Workers blamed, inquest told

BY KEITH LACEY Instead of working together to resolve problems when accidents and fatalities occur, an adversarial attitude in the mining industry remains where management blames workers, a veteran miner told a coroner’s inquest.

Event promotes end to discrimination

Several speakers will make presentations at the University of Sudbury Mar. 21 to mark the World Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The event starts at 5 pm and takes place in the university's faculty lounge.
Fire guts Copper Cliff garage

Fire guts Copper Cliff garage

Lorraine Geraghty took these photos of a fire in Copper Cliff from the window of her house at about 3 am Monday. A 10-car garage behind an apartment building on Serpentine St. was gutted by the fire.