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• Sudbury's Santa Claus parade expected to draw 30,000 spectators 

  01-10-2026 19:37 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The 66th Sudbury Santa Claus Parade returns to downtown Sudbury on Saturday, Nov. 21, with fireworks at 5:15 p.m. and step-off at 5:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “A Very Merry Sudbury Christmas.” Float registration is open now at sudburysantaclausparade.com and closes on Nov. 13 at noon. For not-for-profit entries, the cost is $75 for the first vehicle and $100 for each additional vehicle. Commercial entries are $150 and $200. Space in the line-up is limited, so organizers enco
  
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• TVO show in Sudbury will explore how volunteering supports democracy 

  01-10-2026 18:21 via thesudburystar.com
  
  TVO Today Live will open its fourth season of public discourse at Science North in Sudbury on October 2, with Steve Paikin hosting a public conversation on volunteering, civic action and democracy. The free public event will bring together expert voices to discuss how volunteering can strengthen civic action and resilient communities, and to debate the event’s title question: Can Helping Others Help Democracy? The show will broadcast from Science North’s Vale Cavern starting at 6 p.
  
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• What an RECE Represents

  01-10-2026 15:22 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Greater Sudbury votes: Candidates, business leaders to network on Oct. 1 

  01-10-2026 06:58 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A networking event bringing together registered municipal election candidates and members of the local business community on Thursday, beginning at 4:30 p.m.Hosted by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Sudbury Real Estate Board and the Downtown Sudbury BIA, the event is chance for candidates and business leaders to connect and discuss local issues and priorities. The event will be held at the 363 Car and Social Club, 363 York St. All registered municipal election ca
  
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• Like many Ontario hospitals, HSN borrows to keep operating 

  01-10-2026 02:08 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Ontario hospitals, forced to borrow privately to keep the lights on, owed banks more than $70 million on operating borrowings by the end of fiscal year 2025-26, according to hospital financial statements.With 80 of the 129 Ontario hospital networks posting operating deficits last year, at least $1.45 million in public health-care dollars went to bank interest payments from just eight hospital networks, the Investigative Journalism Bureau found.Niagara Health, for instance, paid about $549,000 i
  
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