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BY TRACEY DUGUAY [email protected] The fire that claimed the life of well-known disabled activist Joanne Nother was started by a candle, not a malfunction in her power wheelchair, as was speculated in the days following her tragic death.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

Inco's first shipment of nickel concentrate left Voisey's Bay, Labrador Wednesday making its way to Sudbury for processing.

The following is the conclusion of a three-part series by Tracey Duguay on fire safety issues regarding wheelchair users.

Approximately 240 customers in the Greater Sudbury area are currently without power after a wicked wind storm knocked out power for more than 50,000 homes, primarily in Northeastern Ontario.

Twenty ambassadors of the mining industry will provide Ontario secondary students with an intimate first-hand of an industry most young people don't know very much through a bilingual mining careers magazine published in Sudbury called RockON.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

Two of Greater Sudbury's mean streets are listed among the Top 20 worst roads for 2005. The Municipal Roads Coalition has selected Paris St. (No. 6) and Notre Dame Ave. (No. 19) as two of the worst roads in province.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

In Sunday' s edition, Northern Life reported the fire-related death of disabled activist Joanne Nother is being blamed on a candle, not a wheelchair malfunction as speculated in the days following her death on Feb. 28 of this year.