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Local NewsOne move to go for Sudbury Regional Hospital
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Sudbury Regional Hospital is preparing for its last move of about 240 patients from the St. Joseph site to its one-site facility. "I'm looking forward to it," said Joe Pilon, the hospital's senior vice-president.
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Local NewsWarm weather hampering winter fun
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Listen up all you kids planning to get out and do some skiing, snowmobiling or fresh air skating this March Break. Forget about a lot of it. The only skating you will do is inside an arena.
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WorldMan suffers burns in garage fire
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RACHEL PUNCH The Sudbury Star A man has minor burns to his face and hands after he tried to extinguish a fire in his garage on Tuesday morning, Greater Sudbury Fire Services said. Greater Sudbury Fire Services were called to the home at 1089 Pine Ct.
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Local NewsMan claims son's birth changed him
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Cordell Miller says being in the delivery room for the birth of his son last month has made him a changed man. Miller, 23, was in Sudbury court on Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty to slapping the baby's mother in January, when she was weeks away from giving birth.
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Local NewsPraying for end to strike
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The spirit is moving another group to pray for a peaceful and equitable solution to the eight-month strike by 3,200 Steelworkers against Vale Inco Ltd.
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Local NewsPolice Briefs
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POLICE SEEK FUGITIVE The Greater Sudbury Police fugitive of the week is 21-year-old Todd Parisee, who is wanted for personation, obstruct police and additional provincial offence infractions. Police stopped a pickup truck for speed on July 4.
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Local NewsTwo men arrested in separate kiddie porn cases
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Tuesday was a busy day for cyber crime unit officers in Greater Sudbury, who charged two men in separate child porn cases and warned Internet uses to secure their wireless routers, lest others use them to access sexually graphic images and videos of kids.
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OntarioFamily rush to comfort heartbroken mother
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Family members have driven from the Sudbury area and flown from as far away as B.C. to comfort a heartbroken Jacqueline Einboden as she struggles with the loss of her husband and daughter.
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Letters & IssuesSteelworkers deserve community's support
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I'm a retired Inco miner and mechanic with more than 30 years service. I am proud of the way the Steelworkers have handled themselves against this arrogant, divisive and antiunion mega-corporation trying to change our Canadian labour and social culture.
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Local NewsWoman ready to give up man for freedom
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Danielle Leriche says she still loves Richard St. Louis, but she told a Sudbury judge on Tuesday she's willing to give him up if it means gaining her freedom.
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Local NewsNews Briefs
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OLYMPIC CELEBRATION The City of Greater Sudbury will welcome home its Olympic athletes with a celebration and presentation in the outdoor courtyard at Tom Davies Square during the noon hour today.
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Local SportsLively embraces role as underdog
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Christie Sitko and the Lively Hawks girls' hockey team love playing the role of underdog. Embracing the role earned the girls the right to compete in the NOSSA A/AA championship in Greater Sudbury and get a shot to accomplish a rare feat.
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Local NewsBook launch at Please Mum
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Sudbury author Cindy O'Neil will release a second edition and a French-language version of her children's bookIcicle Hands and Icicle KneesMarch 20 and 21 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Please Mum in the New Sudbury Centre.
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Local SportsBoys battle for regional superiority
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/AA NOSSA hockey is going full force at the Countryside Arena, with two local entries scrapping it out to be the best in the Northern Ontario region. St. Charles Cardinals The Cardinals defeated the Franco-Cite Patriotes 7-2 in their first game.
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Local SportsVikings fix early struggles
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Lauren Langille and the Lockerby Vikings girls' hockey team found out how far they could go once they applied themselves to becoming a better team.
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Letters & IssuesToo much information missing
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United Steelworkers Local 6500 members and supporters held their breath for 10 days throughout the private talks between the union and the company. Instead of a sigh of relief, we were left gasping in disbelief.
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Local SportsRegals get over Division I hump
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Bailey Zeman and the Marymount Regals girls' hockey team needed a bit of reassuring. Not a lot, but just a little bit to get them over the hump of being in Division I this season. "We're driven by the coaches' confidence in us," Zeman said.
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OntarioFormer MP gets off with fine
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Fo rmer Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer pleaded guilty Tuesday to careless driving, was fined $500, and had cocaine possession and drunk driving charges withdrawn. Jaffer was arrested on Sept. 11, 2009.
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WorldAn emotional day for Jean
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JACMEL, Haiti -- Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean was all but ambushed by enthusiastic crowds as she did a walkabout in the market area of the town where she spent much of her childhood.
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