Local News

BY BILL BRADLEY Recent sightings of what are believed to be adult cougars by Capreol residents resulted in sending Northern Life staff on the prowl looking for elusive evidence last week.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY A six-member team from the Sudbury Fire DepartmentÂ?s Walden detachment has qualified to compete next September in Dallas in an an international auto extrication competition.

middle Michelle Cusack, Grade 1 teacher at Ecole publique Jeanne-Sauve, downtown Sudbury, gave her students a lesson 44 feet high in a scissor lift with the help of Robert Auge from Tracks and Wheels this week.

BY BILL BRADLEY The co-ordinator of the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee has been anxiously awaiting for three years a final Ministry of Environment report on Junction CreekÂ?s water quality.

The Sudbury East Day Services in Alban held an open house for its new mini-putt. Sudbury East Day Services provide life skills, job training and employment opportunities to the developmentally disabled.

By Rick Pusiak One of Sudbury?s oldest Roman Catholic churches has received a one-month reprieve. Instead of closing at the end of August, St. Clement will celebrate its last mass Sept. 29.

By Rick Pusiak After years of downsizing and restructuring there have been more layoffs on the local radio scene. Nine employees were let go Monday at CHNO-FM, the top 40 station on Barrydowne Avenue commonly known as Z103.

Next weekend activists and social movement researchers will meet at Laurentian University to take part in the conference entitled "Sociology for Changing the World: Political Activist Ethnography.

Two Sudbury area builders made the list when the Ontario New Home Warranty Program announced the regional winners of its Ernest Assaly Builder Awards last week.

By Keith Lacey To celebrate its 100th anniversary of doing business in Sudbury, Inco Ltd. is throwing a massive community party Saturday, and organizers are hoping thousands of citizens will come to Science North to join in the fun.