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Points North
with Jason Turnbull

Searchlight: the hunt for Canada's best new artist

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We're onto the next round of voting when it comes to finding Canada's next big musician in CBC Music's Searchlight contest. This is your chance to help a musician from north-eastern Ontario win $20,000 dollars in gear and a chance to launch their musical career with the help of CBC.

You can discover some great local talent and while you're there, vote for your favourite new discovery.

You can vote every day, once per day.

Check out :the entries to listen and vote

Sudbury trombonists play together for 20 years

The Sudbury Symphony Orchestra has a good reason to be tooting its own horn -- the trombone section is celebrating 20 years of playing together.

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Many Sudbury seniors dependent on vehicles

Getting around without a car when you're a senior can be difficult.

seniors.jpg Seniors enter a Handi-Transit vehicle in Sudbury. (Jenifer Norwell/CBC)

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Nipissing University hockey player is under investigation

The Nipissing University Lakers hockey team ended their season on a sad note.

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New exhibit coming to Science North

A new exhibit is set to open at Science North at the beginning of March looking at the Science behind Ripley's Believe It or Not!

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Time for change

Over Represented in the jails and under represented on juries. A scathing report into how Aboriginals are represented in the justice system has been released.

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"I find it really disturbing"

Jason talks to Jacques Barbeau about hate mail he's received over city council's controversial decision to get rid of the Ombudsman.

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New website features colourful Sudburians

The guys from the very popular photograph book We Live Up Here are back with another project. It's a website called Sudburians.com and it aims to feature some colourful characters around the city.

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Black History Month comes to Sudbury

A Laurentian University student tells why Sudbury needs Black History Month.

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Jules Bedeau

When is it time to hang up the keys?

A Sudbury psychologist talks about the best way to have a conversation about driving with your elderly loved ones.

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