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PC leader back in Sudbury

2013-05-23T20:13:20Z

Tim Hudak expresses frustration with the NDP during visit to Sudbury.

PC Leader Tim Hudak was in Lively to take a tour of Anmar Mechanical and Electrical Contractors. (Martha Dillman/CBC)

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Heavy rain causes flooding in Wawa

2013-05-22T21:39:21Z

Flood worries are declining in Wawa after heavy rain caused flooding.

Flooding at the marina in Wawa. (Chris Benka, Municipality of Wawa)

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Job cuts coming to the Rainbow District School Board

2013-05-22T21:08:49Z

Rainbow District School Board is expecting more than 550 less students to start the new school year in September.

Norm Blaseg is the Rainbow District School Board's education director. (Submitted)

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City of Sudbury pays tribute to business woman

2013-05-22T20:55:07Z

Sudbury's Rachel Proulx was honoured at a ceremony at Tom Davies Square after her death last year.

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Sudbury grandmother graduates into a new career

2013-05-22T20:33:48Z

Cambrian College students will be crossing the stage this week for graduation ceremonies.

Yvette Sivyer is graduating from the Mining Engineer Technician program at Cambrian College in Sudbury. (Jason Turnbull/CBC)

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Hundreds of students gather for track and field competition

2013-05-22T20:16:14Z

16 schools from across Sudbury are competing at the 72nd annual track and field championships.

One of the 80 metre hurdle heats at the 72nd annual track and field competition in Sudbury.

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Northern students attend Out Shine Summit

2013-05-21T21:54:18Z

We speak with a student from the Gay-Straight Alliance at Espanola High School who recently went to a summit of the groups in Toronto

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Angus wants to call the cops on the Senate

2013-05-21T21:33:14Z

Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus has been the loudest voice in the Senate scandal and is now calling on the RCMP to investigate.

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A bigger piece of the action

2013-05-21T21:12:33Z

The province is giving cities with casinos a larger share of the profits. We ask a Greater Sudbury city councillor what that could mean for the gambling debate in the Nickel City.

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North Bay dresses down for the summer

2013-05-21T20:53:04Z

CBC reporter Erik White tells us about the declaration of "casual dress months" in North Bay, as well as summer fashion trends in workplaces across the north.

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NDP to back budget

2013-05-21T20:38:27Z

Ontario New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath tells us about her decision to support the provincial budget and the Liberal government.

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"The Big Canoe" is paddling once again

2013-05-17T21:48:39Z

Two weeks later than planned, the Chi-Cheemaun ferry sailed for the first time this season and got a warm reception on Manitoulin Island.

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Changing the approach to prostitution

2013-05-17T21:41:57Z

Sault Ste. Marie Police Chief Bob Davies says the force is handling prostitution in the city's downtown differently, with some thanks to their colleagues in Greater Sudbury.

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Shaking in Sudbury... and across the North

2013-05-17T21:12:39Z

An earthquake in Quebec was felt in Sudbury and other parts of Northern Ontario. We get to the epicentre of this story with an expert from Dynamic Earth.

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Timmins man safe and sound

2013-05-17T20:48:38Z

We speak with the wife of a Timmins man who was missing for more than 2 days in an Arctic blizzard and today was found... cold and wet, but alive.

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