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An interfaith prayer service for the return of Daphne Kochar, missing since Nov. 6, will be held tonight at St. Patrick's church at 7 pm. The service will feature prayers from a number of faith groups and is open to anyone wishing to participate.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.ca Rod and Rita Schutt were with their two children in a friend's boat on Ramsey Lake when a speed boat flew by them.

An Ontario Provincial Police dive team swam to the murky depths of Ramsey Lake today, all part of a continuing investigation for Daphne Kochar, a Sudbury woman reported missing last week.

The Greater Sudbury Police Services Board has approved a request by Chief Ian Davidson and senior management to raise the police budget by 5.5 percent in 2006 to just under $37 million.

The Greater Sudbury Police Services Board has approved a request by Chief Ian Davidson and senior management for 2006 to just under $37 million.

A man who escaped from police custody earlier this week was bound in handcuffs, leg irons and a locked steel waist-belt when he returned to court Thursday.

During an anti-poverty protest Monday in Downtown Sudbury, one demonstrator was arrested in front of Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci's office for swearing and a breach of probation.

Hoping to find a lead in the case of a missing woman, Greater Sudbury Police searched the Bethel Lake shoreline Sunday but came up empty handed. Daphne Kochar, 42, has been missing since Nov.

BY KEITH LACEY klacey@northernlife.ca The three daughters of a Sudbury woman missing since last weekend pleaded for their mother to return home. "Mom, if you are listening, we just want you to come home.