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Two dead in Highway 17 crash
Provincial Police said that two people are dead following a crash on Hwy. 17 west of Massey last night. More
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Northern cities get ready for new casinos, but debate far from over
Plans for new casinos in northern Ontario are slowly moving ahead, just as the province says it is ready to announce the private company that will run them, three years after it was originally expected.
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Sudbury Daystarter: News, weather and roads info for Wednesday
Everything you need to kick off your weekday mornings in northeastern Ontario.
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SUDBURY CITY HALL New budget process 'too much of a leap of faith' for Sudbury city councillor
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Sudbury city councillors will have to spend more time poring over the draft 2017 municipal budget after concerns were raised about a new approval process.
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2017 could mean stretching dollars further for food says northern food banks, soup kitchens
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Food banks and soup kitchens in northern Ontario will feel the crunch next year. Canada's Food Price Report 2017 states the average Canadian family could be paying $240 more on their grocery bill.
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'Man who walks among the stars': AFN honours tearful Gord Downie
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Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip and an advocate for First Nations people, is honoured at the Assembly of First Nation's gathering for his work highlighting the plight of those who were subjected to residential schools.
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Highway 144 reopened after police search for car thieves
Provincial Police had closed Hwy. 144 west of Timmins to search for two suspects who fled from a stolen vehicle. The large section of roadway reopened around 5 p.m.
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Want to see how Ontario's cap-and-trade affects your gas bill? Not happening, says Thibeault
It's unlikely natural gas customers will get to see what the Liberal government's cap and trade plan is costing them.
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North Bay selected for 2018 world curling championship
Curling Canada and the World Curling Federation announced that the 2018 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship will be staged at the North Bay Memorial Gardens from March 17-25.
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Letters of Note An almost 20 year old letter to Santa
Almost 20 years ago, Margia Ferguson took a letter her daughter Jennifer had written to Santa, photocopied it, and put the saved copy in a drawer.
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Environmental group takes De Beers to court over mercury monitoring at diamond mine near Attawapiskat
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A Toronto-based environmental group is taking on diamond giant De Beers over its alleged failure to fully report on the mercury levels at its Victor Diamond Mine near Attawapiskat First Nation in Northern Ontario.
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Capreol youths behind bus vandalism spree
Three Capreol youths —aged 8, 9 and 10 — were behind a rash of vandalism that caused approximately $3000 of damage to buses over two weeks, Sudbury police said.
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Sudbury City Hall Cruising in the valley? Better watch your speed
Sudbury’s operations committee has recommended that the speed limit be reduced on Municipal Road 80 from 80 kilometres per hour down to 70 on a stretch between Yorkshire Dr. to St. Mary Blvd., and 60 kilometres per hour just south of that area.
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Rainbow Board hopes international students stem shrinking enrollment
The Rainbow District School Board is hoping that a recruitment team sent sent to China and Vietnam will entice international students to Sudbury, and help bolster the board’s declining enrolment.
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Updated Sudbury police officers Christopher Labreche and Kathryn Howard demoted for benefits fraud
Two Sudbury police officers have been demoted after confessing to defrauding their workplace benefit program.
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Your grocery bill is set to jump — and Trump could be partly to blame
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The average Canadian family may need to spend as much as $420 more for food next year, a new report finds, citing the possibility of a lower dollar and the expected policies of the U.S. president-elect as two main factors driving the change.
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Sudbury hospital has high hopes for PET scan suite: Architect envisions space on stilts
The new PET scan suite at the hospital in Sudbury will be built on stilts. Health Sciences North released the architectural drawings for the new space, which will house the positron emission tomography scanner. The hospital says the PET scan suite will be on the second level of the south tower.
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Social planning council raising funds as 'last resort' for Sudbury's needy
The Social Planning Council of Sudbury is looking for donations to its emergency fund.
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Anishinabek Nation vote yes to 'historical' education agreement
The Anishinabek First Nation voted in favour of establishing the Anishinabek Nation Education Agreement on Friday - recognizing the First Nations’ jurisdiction over primary, elementary and secondary education.
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SIU investigating Ottawa man's death after deadly fall in North Bay
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a 38-year-old Ottawa-area man yesterday in North Bay.
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Drug trafficking charge for Timmins woman
A 43-year-old woman was charged with drug trafficking after Timmins Police completed its investigation into illegal operations at an Algonquin Blvd. tavern.
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North Bay man charged with attempted murder
A 23-year-old North Bay man was charged with attempted murder after a violent incident Sunday morning.
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So long, KashKap, say flood evacuees
Four hundred evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation to prepare to return home, two years after flooding forced them to set up temporary homes in Kapuskasing.
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Sudbury Daystarter: News, weather and roads info for Monday
Everything you need to kick off your weekday mornings in northeastern Ontario.
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'The right decision': Sudbury trustee, who's also city manager, applauded for resignation
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A byelection or an internal hiring process will take place in Sudbury, Ont. — if the resignation of a public school trustee is accepted by the Rainbow District School Board.
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Indigenous health to be focus of Laurentian University's new Canada Research Chair
Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont. has appointed its first Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health. Jennifer Walker will take on that role. She is a researcher who will study and collect information on the health of First Nation and Metis communities.
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Seize and hold order issued for 3 white pitbulls in Sault Ste Marie after retriever fatally attacked
Police in Sault Ste Marie, Ont., are searching for three white pit bulls that fatally attacked another dog. The Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society has obtained a Chiefs Order to seize and hold the dogs. A golden retriever was walking with its owner October 6, when it was attacked by the three dogs. It died of its injuries.
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Up North Convenience store lobby group says illegal tobacco a 'skyrocketing' problem in the north
A new study says 54 out of every one hundred cigarettes in northern Ontario are illegal — the highest rate of contraband tobacco in the province.
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3 new Ontario songs you need to hear this week
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Check out brand new songs from Well Being, Most People and Tasseomancy.
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'Considerable damage' done to Espanola church after crash
Police and emergency medical services were called to the site of a church in Espanola, Ont. on Thursday after a vehicle reportedly struck the building, sending the 85 year-old driver to hospital.
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This Sudbury actor is playing 12 roles in a classic holiday production
As the holiday standard, It's a Wonderful Life, goes on the stage at the Sudbury Theatre Centre, one actor will be playing quite a few roles.
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Tyler Campbell, rainbow school board trustee, steps down
The Rainbow District School Board has announced that trustee Tyler Campbell is stepping down from his elected position with the board.
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Don't fall for fake door-to-door charity drives: Sudbury police
Police in Sudbury, Ont. are warning people to be aware this holiday season about who they give money to at their front door.
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Auditor General slams province for doing little to keep winter road network
Wally Turner had never seen boats out on the Moose River in December until this week, days after the Ontario auditor general slammed the government for ignoring the winter roads of the far north.
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Legion with amazing lake view planning to add seniors apartments
Sudbury's oldest legion branch is throwing itself a 90th birthday party, but Branch 76 is thinking more about the future.
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Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault apologizes to Francophones for errors in community calendar
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Constituents in Sudbury got a mail-out from MPP Glenn Thibeault this week that's causing a stir among Francophones. A free 2017 calendar features Thibeault and his family on the front, with pictures of Sudbury pets throughout. However the French portion of the text inside is full of mistakes.
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SUDBURY CITY HALL Should Sudbury city meetings have closed captioning? Accessibility advocate pushes for change
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An accessibility advocate is calling for the City of Greater Sudbury to introduce closed captioning on council and committee broadcasts just as budget deliberations get set to begin next week.
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Fentanyl, marijuana seized in North Bay
Police in North Bay, Ont. say two people face a variety of possession charges after fentanyl and marijuana were seized as part of a controlled drugs and substances act investigation.
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Maker's Market, Downtown Art Crawl set for Sudbury
If you’re in the mood to purchase homemade art to buy for the upcoming holiday season, you’ll have several chances to do so in Sudbury this weekend.
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Espanola police charge PSW with stealing client's medication
Police in Espanola, Ont. have laid charges against a 35 year-old woman who was employed as a personal support worker for allegedly stealing her client's medication.
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Pick and pay TV is here, but at current prices, it might not be worth it
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The $25 skinny basic TV packages introduced earlier this year didn't exactly wow Canadians. And it appears the second phase of the unbundling of our television offerings — individual pick and pay channels — might also disappoint customers on account of the price.
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Ontario's health care workers union pleased with auditor general report
The union that represents health care workers in Ontario says it agrees with most of the auditor general's report on shortcomings in the province's health care system.
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Flying High: Francophone flag controversy fades in Sudbury
For 10 years now, the Franco Ontarian flag has flown quietly at Sudbury city hall. But before that, it was a contentious political issue that divided politicians and the public.
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'No way to be impartial': Sudbury trustee who's also city manager, accused of conflict of interest
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A public school board trustee is facing accusations of being in a conflict of interest over plans to build a soccer dome in Sudbury, Ont.
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Feds can't be held responsible for Sixties Scoop: Ottawa
At-risk Aboriginal children placed in non-Aboriginal homes during the Sixties Scoop may well have suffered harm by losing their cultural identities but the federal government cannot now be held liable, Ottawa argues in new court filings.
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Residents off Moosonee and Moose Factory warned of dangerous river conditions during freeze up
Police in Moosonee are warning residents to stay off the Moose River during freeze up. The river is in the process of freezing and there are large chunks of ice floating down the river into James Bay. Police say the cold water and the large ice chunks make boating on the river extremely dangerous.
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Auditor general slams Wynne government over hospital wait times, shoddy road construction
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Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk has a bucketful of criticism for how Kathleen Wynne's Liberal government is spending tax dollars.
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Sudbury Theatre Centre and library team up to offer free tickets
A partnership between the Sudbury Theatre Centre and the Greater Sudbury Public Library is aiming to get more people out to theatre productions.
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Ontarians are waiting hours for life-saving surgery: auditor general
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Ontario’s hospitals are too slow in getting their most critically ill patients into both intensive care and the operating room, with roughly one quarter of those surveyed waiting four hours for life-saving surgical procedures, the province’s auditor general found.
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19-year-old charged after turning donuts in OPP parking lot
A 19-year-old Sudbury man is facing a dangerous driving charge after police say they saw a driver doing a donut in their detachment's parking lot while yelling profanities at them.
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Man dead after being hit by vehicle in Chelmsford
Greater Sudbury Police said the accident occurred at the intersection of Errington Ave. and Fitzgerald St. around 9:00 p.m.
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