6 stories to start your day for Monday, June 7

NOSM becomes a stand-alone university

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine will start their first full week, as a standalone institution. The first of its kind in Canada and with royal assent, they will transition to becoming a degree-granting university. Since opening its doors 16 years ago, the school has produced over 700 doctors.  The school is also graduating 66 new doctors this month in both Sudbury and Thunder Bay.

Sudbury’s unemployment rate takes a dip

May’s unemployment rate in Greater Sudbury… took almost an entire percentage point step in the right direction. At nearly 9% according to Statistics Canada’s monthly labour