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26.Far North Act hearings cancelled - (www.thesudburystar.com)
Frustration is mounting after the forced cancellation of a series of hearings in remote communities about the Ontario government's Far North Planning Act.Following a second reading, Bill 191 was set to go through hearings in remote First Nations communities. But MPP Gilles Bisson (NDP — Timmins-James Bay) said the government did not give these communities enough time to prepare.
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27.Facebook blocks Parry Sound protesters (www.torontosun.com)
the group Welcome to Parry Sound, was started by residents after a businessman who claims he has trademarked the term took a snowmobile club to court for using it on their website, has been blocked.
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28.City Staff continue push for new $5 million arena (www.thesudburystar.com)
Refurbishing and reopening Cambrian Arena and expanding Countryside Arena may require a dramatic user fee hike, a staff report to Greater Sudbury council says.
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Conservatives sprinkle money throughout cottage country in advance of one-day summit
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30.Rooming, boarding houses restricted . (www.thesudburystar.com)
Following a stirring appeal from residents, Greater Sudbury's planning committee last night decided to restrict rooming and boarding houses -- including student housing -- to the city's downtown.
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31.Key gun-registry report was withheld: documents - (ca.news.yahoo.com)
A positive report on Canada's long-gun registry was kept secret from members of Parliament until after a crucial vote in the House of Commons, newly disclosed documents show.
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32.Pothole program ineffective - (www.thesudburystar.com)
The long-awaited first report from the city's auditor general is a detailed indictment of the way the city spends money for winter road repairs. In the report, auditor Brian Bigger explains managers in the infrastructure department often overspend their authorized budgets, city oversight on contract work is inadequate and city policies and work plans are inefficient.
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Michael Bryant's spin class - The Globe and Mail (www.theglobeandmail.com)Who can the former attorney-general thank for salvaging his image? Not his PR firm
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34.RE: Mike Harris’ Honourary Degree « Anishinawbe Blog (www.bobgoulais.com)
I am writing to present you my vehement opposition to the decision to give former Premier Mike Harris a honourary degree from Nipissing University.
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New company, court attack on Vale Inco strikers (www.wsws.org)Six striking Vale Inco workers and a United Steelworkers (USW) Local 6500 vice president were summoned to Sudbury Superior Court last Monday to face charges of criminal contempt of a court injunction.
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Japan has issued an arrest warrant for the firebrand Canadian head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, charging him with obstructing operations by Japan's whaling fleet.
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37.City's vitality impresses Jean (www.thesudburystar.com)
Youngsters thrilled to meet Michaelle Jean
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38.Letter - Discussing same-sex marriage shouldn’t be ‘taboo’ in classroom - Chris Kivinen-Newman (www.northernlife.ca)
I’m responding to a previously published letter by Leo Bisson regarding proposed changes to curriculum, specifically addressing teaching students about sexual orientation.
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The U.K. election leaflet project (www.thestraightchoice.org)The Straight Choice is an real-time British election leaflet project. Our ambition is to create a live visualization of the flood of party political leaflets as they are delivered across the country during an election campaign.
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Sudbur Council shows support for replacement worker legislation (www.northernlife.ca)Striking Vale Inco workers, represented by United Steelworkers Local 6500, and supporters packed the city council gallery and upstairs foyer in support of Ward 3 Coun. Claude Berthiuame's motion to encourage Vale Inco to terminate its use of replacement workers during the current labour dispute
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North Bay man to resurrect Northern Ontario party (www.tbnewswatch.com)A North Bay man has begun circulating a petition to introduce a new provincial political party.
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42.Electronic monitor for pot grower (www.thesudburystar.com)
A Wahnapitae area man will wear an electronic monitor to track his movements over the next six months as a part of his sentence for marijuana production and possession of an unregistered handgun.
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Political Graffiti Slide Show (www.nytimes.com)Government-financed brigades of graffiti artists and muralists are blanketing the walls of Caracas, Venezuela, with politicized images, ranging from crude, semi-anonymous graffiti tags to bold, colorful works.
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44.city to take Vale Inco to court - (www.thesudburystar.com)
The City of Greater Sudbury will formally charge Vale Inco with three counts of violating the city's bylaws, as well as fire and building codes, over the company's housing of 200 employees at its Copper Cliff operations.
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45.Northeast Town quits Manitoulin Municipal Association over land claim issues (www.manitoulin.ca)
NORTHEAST TOWN-In a surprise move that has already rankled members of the community, Northeast Town council voted last week to quit the Manitoulin Municipal Association (MMA) over its handling of the discussions surrounding the 1990 Land Claim Agreement.
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NIMBY is Code for Property Values (tcsidewalks.blogspot.com)The Star Tribune today has a surprisingly interesting look at how one such debate in the bougie community of "Stonemill Farms" in Woodbury, which is adamantly opposed to the proposed siting of an Alzheimer's patient clinic
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Foes say North Bay's Mike Harris library lacks common sens (www.thesudburystar.com)This would be an insult to Anishinabek and all First Peoples in Ontario if Mike Harris' name is attached to the library in any way," said Patrick Madahbee, grand council chief of the Anishinabek Nation."From a First Nation perspective it would be more appropriate to name a rifle range after Mike Harris than a library."
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Sudbury City bylaws must be enforced equally: city councillors (www.northernlife.ca)According to city councillors, the municipal level of government may be the only level of government that can impact the almost eight-month-long strike between members of the Steelworkers Local 6500 and Vale Inco.That is because the city has jurisdiction over the housing provided to people, whether the housing is on individually-owned or business-owned property.
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49.City continues Vale Inco investigation (www.thesudburystar.com)
City Coun. Claude Berthiaume once had an aunt and uncle evicted from a trailer in a person's yard by a city bylaw officer.Berthiaume said he doesn't understand why the same thing isn't occurring at Vale Inco, where workers are being housed inside the industrial complex during the strike by United Steelworkers Local 6500.
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Vale Inco files lawsuit over websites (www.northernlife.ca)On Feb. 25, just before the exploratory talks began with the United Steelworkers Local 6500, Vale Inco filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Steelworkers because of content on two websites related to the strike.The lawsuit cites 25 people who are either Local 6500 leaders or have been running the union’s official website, www.uswlocal6500.ca, or a Facebook site called Strikeforce 6500, which is run by the union’s supporters.
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