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Star outdoors photo contest winner: Marc Couse  Share Comments  
Updated 6 hours ago
The Star had an overwhelming response for our outdoors photo contest. We received more than 120 submissions. Our first winner was Sudbury's Marc Couse, who [more]
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Soils study critic to speak at public forumShare 
Updated 5 hours ago
A public forum called Sudbury Soils: What’s the Risk? will be held Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at Tom Davies [more]
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Nutritious Food Baskets costs $140.50 for family of fourShare 
Posted 7 hours ago
Low-income earners in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts have trouble affording a nutritious diet after they have paid for housing and other fixed costs. That’s [more]
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Police looking for group of men after assaultShare 
Posted 7 hours ago
Police are looking for four or five men after a 21-year-old was assaulted near The Kingsway and Bancroft Drive on Nov. 3 just before 10 [more]
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Drug investigation at local high schoolShare 
Posted 7 hours ago
A young person was charged after officers investigated a drug complaint at a local high school on Thursday, police said. The young person was charged [more]
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Two facing drug chargesShare 
Posted 7 hours ago
Two residents of Wikwemikong were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking on Thursday after a traffic stop. Members of the Wikwemikong Tribal Police [more]
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Cold weather alert issuedShare 
Updated 7 hours ago
The city of Sudbury is experiencing its first extreme cold weather alert. The alert was issued on Friday at noon by the Elgin Street Mission [more]
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Fund will help music programs -- (comment on this story)  Share Comments  
Updated 14 hours ago
The audience laughed and clapped as Joan Mantle, given the reins as guest conductor of the Lo-Ellen Park Senior Jazz Band, brought the song to [more]
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Hospital crisis -- revisited -- (Editorial, comment on this story)Share Comments 
Updated 14 hours ago
Perhaps the most infuriating thing about the bed crisis at Sudbury Regional Hospital is that it's not new. Indeed, the issues that tie hospital officials' [more]
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Surgeons lose faith crisis will be solved -- (comment on this story)Share Comments  
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Five orthopedic surgeons in Sudbury say they have lost faith in the ability of Sudbury Regional Hospital's administration, its board of directors, the Ministry of [more]
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Domestic violence growing problem -- (comment on this story)Share Comments 
Updated 14 hours ago
Domestic abuse is rising in Greater Sudbury, officials say, and more and more teenaged girls are victims. The number of women using services to escape [more]
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Winter wonderland at city hallShare  
Updated 13 hours ago
Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School students paint windows at Tom Davies Square
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Olympic gold medallist visits schoolShare  
Updated 13 hours ago
Olympic gold medallist Adam Kreek, of the 2008 Canadian eight-man rowing team, visited St. Paul the Apostle School in Coniston. He spoke to students about [more]
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Blue-green algae found in other area lakes -- (comment on this story)Share Comments 
Updated 14 hours ago
Another two local lakes have tested positive for blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). Samples taken by the Ministry of the Environment from Grant Lake and from the [more]
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Local students take stock -- (comment on this story)Share Comments  
Updated 14 hours ago
More than 200 students in Sudbury and southern Ontario are taking part in the Caisse Lasalle and Nolin's 2008-09 "Zoom sur la bourse" contest. The [more]
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Police pare down latest budgetShare 
Posted 14 hours ago
After asking police to cut their proposed 2009 budget, the Greater Sudbury Police Services Board approved a new "extremely lean" budget on Thursday. Earlier in [more]
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Stunt driving charges net man a driving ban, $2,600 fineShare 
Posted 14 hours ago
Driving at speeds of up to 156 km/h in a posted 90-km/h zone has resulted in convictions for stunt driving and dangerous driving for Bruce [more]
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Woman jailed for drunk drivingShare 
Posted 14 hours ago
In late September, Robin Sutherland found herself charged with impaired driving, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance, after police spotted her head bobbing up [more]
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Graffiti leads to 50-hour sentenceShare 
Updated 14 hours ago
An 18-year-old caught on video spray painting graffiti on a Chelmsford high school has been ordered to perform 50 hours of community service after pleading [more]
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Conrad Black appeals to President Bush for leniencyShare 
Posted 14 hours ago
The former district attorney who put Conrad Black behind bars for cheating shareholders said Thursday that prosecutors are highly likely to oppose the disgraced media [more]
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Valiquette eager for next stepShare Comments 
Posted 17 hours ago
Sudbury is the only hockey home Alain Valiquette has ever known. He hopes to find out where his next one will be in April at [more]
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16 schools raise $18,000-plusShare 
Posted 14 hours ago
Sixteen schools in Greater Sudbury participated in the annual Nickels for the North Campaign presented by Vale Inco. For three weeks in October, students were [more]
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Three arrestedShare 
Posted 14 hours ago
Two 17-year-old boys and a 21-year-old man have been charged in connection with a rash of break and enters and vehicle thefts in Espanola. Officers [more]
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'Bolt' is a familiar but sweet canine rompShare Comments  
Posted 14 hours ago
Bolt * * 1/2, SilverCity Harmless as a puppy, "Bolt" comes bounding into theatres, stumbling over its big, goofy paws, wagging its fluffy tail and [more]
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‘Twilight’ fans are sure to loveShare Comments  
Posted 14 hours ago
Twilight 2 1/2 stars, SilverCity OMG — I’m so totally not a teenage girl. So keep that in mind when I stick my [more]
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'Twilight' stars brace for fan reactionShare Comments  
Posted 14 hours ago
Let the swooning begin. It's a good thing teen "Twilight" fans will be sitting down when they get a gander at the angelic vampires that [more]