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BY TAMARA BELKOV With a flash of his white gloved-hand, Cadet Chief Warrant Officer Landon Ryan brings the 2964 Walden Irish Army Cadet Corps to life.

BY JASON THOMPSON [email protected] The chapel was overflowing at Jackson and Barnard's Funeral Home Monday afternoon as family and friends paid their respects to a miner killed on the job last Thursday.

Eager to see two Canadian mining companies merge, Nickel Belt MP Ray Bonin threw his support behind the friendly merger between Inco Ltd. and Falconbridge Ltd. in the House of Commons Monday.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.

A numbers of players from the private sector are coming forward with financial support for Dynamic Earth. Donations from 29 companies totaling $473,000 were announced at the launch of a capital campaign to help finance Dynamic Earth's $4.

By 2010, it is estimated that 95 percent of jobs will require some form of post-secondary education, says Sylvia Barnard, president of Cambrian College.

The annual Big Bike for Stroke was a huge success raising $50,000 for the local Heart and Stroke Foundation and far surpassing last year's $34,000.

The City of Greater Sudbury's Land Reclamation Program will host its annual tree giveaway in Centre Court at the New Sudbury Centre on Saturday, May 27, from 9 am to 4 pm.

A three-month investigation by Greater Sudbury Police's fraud unit has resulted in numerous fraud charges.

The busy warm weather construction season is now upon us and that means potential traffic delays over the next few months. The City of Greater Sudbury is updating citizens about potential delays through weekly media updates.