By David Lacasse

A  heartwarming donation was received at the Northern Cancer Foundation on Friday.

Ten year old, Derek Deluisa received $205 in gifts on his birthday and decided to donate it, to support the local cancer centre.

The gesture was inspired by many things, including relatives and caregivers affected by the disease.

One of Derek’s friends, Ryder Johnson made a similar donation earlier in the year.

By David Lacasse

The Sudbury Wolves started their three game weekend with a home loss to the Guelph Storm.

The Storm scored 14 seconds into the game and built a 4 – 0 lead before the Wolves would score.

Kristoff Kontos and Brody Silk scored for the Wolves in the 5-2 loss.

Hometown player Tyler Bertuzzi scored his first OHL goal with the Guelph Storm.

The local juniors play against the Niagara Ice Dogs tonight and face-off with the Brampton Battalion on Sunday.

By David Lacasse

A special presentation on Thursday in Ottawa for an Onaping Falls Woman.

Tamsen Lahnalampi was awarded with a Decoration of Bravery from Governor General David Johnston.

While on a high school trip to Costa Rica in 2008, Tamsen risked her life to save two classmates from drowning.

The Decorations of Bravery were created in 1972, to recognize people who risked their lives to try to save or protect the lives of others.

Tamsen Lahnalampi and Nickel Belt MP Claude Gravelle

By Stew Kernan

O-P-P looking for whoever is responsible for stealing mail in the Espanola area.

Police say several complaints were received on Tuesday along Lee Valley Road west of Espanola.

Mail boxers were entered, mail was opened and then tossed on the side of the road and some items were stolen .

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers.

By Angela Gemmill

Five days of collecting food brought in over 121-thousand cans of food for the Sudbury Food Bank from the Stuff the Bus Food Drive with St Charles College, Q92 and sister station 105.3 EZ Rock.

The original goal was to collect 60-thousand cans.

Former St Charles College student Jim Szilva, who started the food drive in 1985, stayed on the bus for a week, until Friday morning when the amount was announced.

Despite his scruffy appearance and lack of sleep he was ecstatic about the donations.

He says its heart-warming to hear the news and calls it a team-effort between St Charles College, the feeder elementary schools, the two radio stations and the community.

Student Council President David Debrina says the students care about the community and want to help the less fortunate.

The food collected for the Sudbury Food Bank will be the very first donation into the new distribution centre on Webbwood Drive.

(Jim Szilva with Q-92 Morning Show Co-Host and Sudbury Foodbank Board Member Mell Dahl)

Photo Above: St Charles College Student Council

By Stew Kernan

A contest currently underway could see a new Habitat for Humanity home built in Sudbury.

The Brick is asking people to vote on-line up until November 3rd and the community that comes out on top will get the Brick’s first Habitat for Humanity home.

To vote go to… www.habitatsudbury.com or www.facebook.com/thebrick

As of this morning Sudbury was in second place just 413 votes behind Stratford.

By Angela Gemmill

It was a chilly night, but that didn’t stop over 700 students from Lockerby Composite School from canvassing door to door around Greater Sudbury.

The school raised over 50-thousand dollars towards the pediatric department of the Northern Cancer Foundation.

This was the 16th year for the Kids Caring For Kids Cancer Drive.

The event honours former student Laura Cotesta who started the drive 16 years ago, but died shortly after she graduated.

Since the Cancer Drive started well over a half-million dollars has been raised by Lockerby towards the Foundation.

By: Lynn Bulloch

The man who commanded Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan was in Sudbury last night, talking about leadership in difficult times.

General Rick Hillier (Ret.) was the keynote speaker at the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting.

He told the audience of more than 250 current and aspiring community leaders that he faced many tough decisions during his years in the Canadian Forces, but as a military leader, he had to remain optimistic despite the tremendous pressures that come with dangerous missions.

Hillier retired from the Canadian Forces in 2008. He’s now published 2 books, and works on behalf of various charities devoted to veterans, and families of soldiers who were injured or killed in the line of duty.

By Angela Gemmill

The Sam Bruno PET Steering Committee plans to continue its fight to get a Positron Emission Tomography or PET Scanner for the Sudbury Regional Hospital.

The group has already raised 125-thousand dollars towards the 3.5 million dollars project and will add to that amount tonight during the second annual PET Dinner and Gala at the Caruso Club.

Committee member, Lori Bouchard is the sister of Sam Bruno, who died July 2010 after advocating to bring the diagnostic equipment to Northeastern Ontario.

She feels her brother with them as they prepare for tonight’s event and thinks he’d be giving them ‘thumbs-up’ for their fundraising efforts.

The goal of tonight’s dinner is to raise 30-thousand dollars.

Last year’s event brought in 46-thousand dollars towards the PET Scanner.

The technology is used to diagnose and detect cancer, but is also used for heart patients and those with brain injuries.

Tickets to tonight’s dinner are 80-dollars per person or 640-dollars per table.

Cocktails start at 6pm with dinner served at 7pm.

By Angela Gemmill

November’s issue of Maclean’s Magazine has a Laurentian University student featured on the front cover.

20-year-old Kelly Nootchtai is a first generation university student from the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek Reserve (formerly known as Whitefish Lake), just west of Sudbury.

She has a double Major in Native Studies and Philosophy.

Nootchtai first saw the posting from Macleans on Facebook and sent the magazine pictures of herself.

Once the publishers narrowed the field down to five female students, they invited Kelly to Toronto for the photo shoot.

Nootchtai says that was a long day because she flew there, had the photo shoot at the University of Toronto campus and then flew back to Sudbury all in one day.

She says she wants to learn more about her culture and wants to become either a teacher or a lawyer when she’s finished her studies.

Nootchtai hopes her magazine cover and article will inspire other young native students to pursue post-secondary education.

You can check out Nootchtai’s cover and article in the November 2011 issue of Maclean’s Magazine, on stands now.