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Beginning Oct. 8, Michael Persinger, a Laurentian University professor, will compete with nine other professors in TVO's Best Lecturer Competition.

BY TRACEY DUGUAY tracey@northernlife.

A tractor trailer collision on Highway 69 is causing delays this morning, as all but one lane of the highway is closed to traffic. Two tractor trailers crashed head-on about 15 km south of Sudbury, resulting in minor injuries.

A public meeting will be held next Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7 pm to discuss the future of library services in the Onaping/Levack area. Since 200l, the Levack branch of the library has been located in the old Levack Public School at 38 School St.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN [email protected] Sudbury CBC employees say they are anxious to vote in favour of the tentative agreement hammered out over the weekend between management and their union, the Canadian Media Guild.

BY JASON THOMPSON JASON@NORTHERNLIFE.

A tractor trailer collision on Highway 69 is causing delays this morning, as all but one lane of the highway is closed to traffic. Two tractor trailers crashed head-on about 15 km south of Sudbury, resulting in minor injuries.

BY JASON THOMPSON [email protected] Greater Sudbury will play host to more than 300 educators from throughout the province Oct. 28 and 29.

The CBC and 5,500 journalists and technicians belonging to the Canadian Media Guild have reached a tentative agreement that, if ratified, will see the seven week lockout dispute come to an end.

As a result of dead-end negotiations, the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA), which represents about 400 Laurentian University employees, has set a firm strike date of Oct. 12.