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Come the fall of 2013, Cambrian College will offer an information systems business analyst program.The college’s board of directors voted to approve the new program at their May 17 meeting. The decision comes two months after the board suspended nine of its programs, including welder fitter, instrumentation engineering technology, chef…

The completion of an 8,4000-square-foot Centre of Excellence at Wahnapitae First Nation is a first step toward achieving a self-sustaining community, according to Chief Myles Tyson.The $4-million single-storey building will not only serve as the hub for the community, it will also help create four new jobs. It will house…

A Val Caron man visiting Timmins found himself up the creek without a paddle when he accidentally partially submerged his father’s minivan into a lake, according to the South Porcupine detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police.The incident happened May 6 at Porcupine Lake in South Porcupine. The driver stated that…

It’s time yet again to celebrate the Queen’s birthday. Although she was actually born May 24, this year Canadians coast to coast will celebrate her anniversary May 21 — Victoria Day weekend.Drivers and boaters can expect a heavy police presence on roads and waterways, as they aim to keep everyone…

For 15 years, Northern Ontario Business has been recognizing the influential women who call northern Ontario home. The tradition continues this year, with two awards luncheon and tradeshows: Events are scheduled for May 28 at the Days Inn in Timmins and May 31 at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. Since…

Catherine Langin, who made the metal lunch boxes her dad designed a hot commodity by appearing on Dragons’ Den, is giving one Sudburian the chance to party with a billionaire.As a result of the connections she made while on the Canadian entrepreneurial TV show, she has been attending parties hosted…

Thanks to community support, the Sudbury Food Bank has been able to help 45 member organizations and volunteers within the city, which in turn help feed the city’s hungry mouths.On May 17, the food bank announced that in the last six months, $255,584.79 has been collected. Those funds were handed…

Rainbow District Animal Control and Shelter Services will waive its normal adoption fees on June 2 during an adopt-a-thon and open house.The event will take place at the shelter, located at 411 St. Agnes St. West, in Azilda from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.The shelter will only charge the fee…

Greater Sudbury resident Zeze Ferreira shared this photo of 1,600 colourful tulip bulbs in full bloom in a neighbour’s backyard. Northern Life welcomes submissions of local photography for publication on this page. Send high-resolution images to editor@northernlife.ca. Posted by Vivian …

Laurentian University’s mechanical engineering students are preparing to defend their title at the 2012 NASA Lunabotics Competition, which is being held May 21-26 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.There are several new elements to the competition at this year’s event. This year, the Lunabots will score extra points if…

T here is a book I love called, The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass. Don’t be frightened away by the title, because Adrian Plass is a real person and the book (that you can read in a few hours) is a humerous accounting of this one guy trying to trust and follow God.[...]

Chief Sonny Gagnon of Aroland First Nation visited Sudbury on Thursday to begin what he says will be a process of educating other First Nations about developments related to the Ring of Fire and his community’s involvement in them.[...]

In advance of meetings to help set next year’s budget, Mayor Marianne Matichuk announced this week she is taking a pay freeze.[...]

Cory Lamondin’s apology in a Sudbury courtroom Friday wasn’t enough for a truck driver badly burned in a crash last August on Highway 69. Lamondin was drunk when he hit Jeff Gallia’s tractor-trailer, causing the truck’s gas tank to explode.[...]