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(CNW) The Ontario government is raising the minimum wage today for the third time since taking office, said Labour Minister Steve Peters.

The four-laning of Hwy. 69 continues to move forward with the tendering of a contract to begin the next stage of work on the a section stretching from Sudbury to Estaire.

Darren Blasutti, vice-president of corporate development, Barrick Gold Corporation will be the keynote speaker at SAMSSA?s Annual Meeting.m Dec. 12 at College Boreal (11:30 am).

A report outlining the condition of health care workers in Ontario will be released at a media conference at USWA Local 6500 on Frood Rd. tomorrow, calling on the government to strengthen the public health care system.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

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(CNW) Ontera has been awarded an 18-month, $450,000 contract with Collège Boréal for the provision of fully integrated telecommunications products and services.

Sudbury's Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. announced Thursday it has signed a tentative agreement with Falconbridge Ltd. involving a number of promising land claims in Greater Sudbury.

The provincial government is providing an additional $172,500 in 2005 to support the Sudbury and District Health Unit in co-ordinating programs which reduce smoking.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.