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BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A woman now in her early 40s testified Friday she had just turned 15 when she visited Dr. Richard Nanka-Bruce after telling her mother she wanted to go on birth control pills.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A woman now in her early 40s testified Friday she had just turned 15 when she visited Dr. Richard Nanka-Bruce after telling her mother she wanted to go on birth control pills.

Members of the Joint Forces Drug Enforcement Unit of the Greater Sudbury Police Service, the OPP and the RCMP busted a marijuana grow operation at 458 Kathleen St. on Wednesday.

One woman's joy ride came to an abrupt end when the stolen vehicle she's accused of driving got stuck on a front lawn. According to Greater Sudbury Police, the 22 year-old woman stole a van from a Prine St. residence Tuesday around 3 am.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] The man who forced the evacuation of his apartment building and Greater Sudbury Police bomb squad to be called was spared a jail sentence Wednesday.

One woman's joy ride came to an abrupt end when the stolen vehicle she's accused of driving got stuck on a front lawn. According to Greater Sudbury Police, the 22 year-old woman stole a van from a Prine St. residence Tuesday around 3 am.

In anticipation of more vehicle collisions on slick winter roads, the Collision Reporting Centre in Azilda will be extending its hours starting next week.

Sudbury Police Chief Ian Davidson doesn?t expect the police service to hire 15 new officers any time soon, but he would like the province to commit to providing funding so they can be hired early next spring.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] It took $70,000 in sureties to secure his freedom, but bail has been granted to the first man to have a bail hearing after several men were arrested in an alleged cocaine trafficking ring three weeks ago.