'That's how we'll win this': Sudbury gets set to show off to Canada Games judges

by Erik White

The team of Sudburians hoping to bring the Canada Summer Games to the city in 2021 have their game faces (or is it games faces?) on today, as the bid review committee makes its final visit before picking a host city next month.

NDP leadership candidates ready to 'fight like hell,' despite slow start to race

by John Paul Tasker

There will be plenty of time for "violent agreement" at the NDP's first leadership debate early next month because only two men have so far registered with Elections Canada as candidates to lead the social democratic party.

3 new Ontario songs you need to hear this week

by Adam Carter

Check out new music from Public Animal, Morgan Cameron Ross and Mad Ones.

Updated Timmins-area crash claims four members of Brunswick House First Nation man's family

The community of Brunswick House First Nation is reeling in the wake of losing four members in a fatal car crash. Four people in Jeff Nakogee's family perished in Thursday's crash on Highway 101 west of Timmins.

Up North Cochrane-born guitarist Dylan Lauzon talks meeting CeeLo Green, playing Victoria's Secret parties

Dylan Lauzon is part of the three-piece alternative rock band Nikki's Wives. He and his bandmates are starting to turn heads in Canada and south of the border.

Attawapiskat's elementary school set to re-open next week

by Michelle McQuigge

A brand new elementary school shuttered by flooding in a troubled indigenous community in Ontario will reopen next week.

Sudbury's poet laureate aims to make poetry more visible with new project

Poet laureate Kim Fahner is asking for submissions for the Sudbury Street Poetry project.

OPP sounding the alarm over snowmobile deaths

by Heather Kitching

Eighteen people have died so far this year, most of them by falling through ice

Trans-Canada Highway between Wawa and Sault Ste. Marie closed: OPP

Ontario Provincial Police are reporting that Highway 17 between Wawa and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. is closed.

Is he in or out? Charlie Angus registers for NDP race, but still not sure he wants to be leader

The name Charlie Angus is listed on the Elections Canada website as a registered candidate to the be the next federal NDP leader, but the Timmins-James Bay MP says he has yet to decide to throw his hat into the ring.

Wacky winter weather wreaks havoc on Sudbury, Ont. road maintenance

After about a week of spring-like weather, winter has returned to northern Ontario.

9 fire halls in Greater Sudbury to close, some tax hikes proposed under new city plan

by Erik White

City staff say a plan to overhaul the fire department will make Greater Sudbury safer. But it will also see taxes go up in outlying areas, as many volunteer firefighters are replaced by full-timers.

SUDBURY CITY HALL Sudbury to lose $6.5M with hospital laundry workers layoffs: report

by Samantha Samson

A report from a city business development officer shows Greater Sudbury could lose $6.5 million annually when Health Sciences North ends a local contract to go with a new laundry service in southern Ontario.

Security cameras, GPS, alarms, training: a tool kit that aims to keep Sudbury bus drivers and riders safe

by Angela Gemmiill

The recent death of a bus driver in Winnipeg — allegedly killed by a passenger — is raising awareness about safety on public transit buses.

Four dead in Hwy 101 crash west of Timmins

Two adults and two children are dead following a crash involving two vehicles on Highway 101, about 70 kilometres west of Timmins.

1 year after CBC Searchlight award, Sudbury's Blackwood Sinners reflect on life, love and music

One year after winning the the CBC Searchlight award for northern Ontario, the Blackwood Sinners have had some time to reflect on winning the award, and how the recognition has affected their careers.

Audio Yoga with polar bears, and other adventures along Cochrane, Ont.'s ice bridge

There is only one ice bridge on Ontario's provincial highway network, and for the past 50 winters it has stretched 210 metres across the Abitibi River, northwest of Cochrane, Ont.

Audio Body slam! Sudbury wrestler wants to revive scene in the north

Sudbury pro-wrestler Mark 'Tornado' Bartolucci says northern Ontario was once a hotbed for talent in the 1980s.

Timmins golfer loses $5k clubs on Air Canada flight, dad finds them for sale on Kijiji

by Laura DaSilva

Sydney Lia had planned to work on her golf swing with her coach after taking a flight home to Timmins, Ont., for the holidays, but her $5,000 custom clubs never made it to baggage claim, and then the police got involved.

Terve! Finnish ambassador tours Sudbury

The Finnish Institute welcomed Vesa Lehtonen, the new head of the Embassy of Finland on his first visit to Sudbury.

Audio Speed up the justice system? Not so fast, says Sudbury lawyer

by Erik White

The Ontario government is looking for ways to get cases through the justice system faster. But some work in the courts in Sudbury every day warn that a fast trial doesn't mean it was fair.

Audio Donated feminine supplies need to be given to all impoverished women, shelter worker says

A local shelter worker says she hopes donated feminine hygiene products go to all women on fixed incomes — not just women in shelters.

Sudbury researcher says counting hidden homeless will help improve social supports

by Angela Gemmill

Some researchers who study homelessness are uncovering a segment of the population they hadn't counted before, the hidden homeless. These are individuals who sleep on the couch or floor at homes belonging to family or friends. A Sudbury researcher says it's important to count them so communities can improve front-line social programs.

Labour ministry issues work orders to Sudbury firm following Sudbury fatality

Two Ministry of Labour work orders have been issued to Rainbow Concrete in Sudbury, Ont., by investigators looking into the Feb 15 fatal workplace accident. The driver of a dump truck was killed. The company is ordered not to place material where it could tip, collapse or fall, a ministry spokesperson tells CBC News.

Help Lester B. Pearson's artifacts find a summer home on Manitoulin Island

Patricia Pearson, the former PM’s daugther, alerted Rick Nelson, the curator of Kagawong’s Old Mill Heritage Centre, to the items that were boxed up and gathering dust in the National Archives of Canada.

Ontario artist Laurie McGaw designed Canada 150 commemorative coin

by Jackie Sharkey

A commemorative coin produced to mark Canada's 150th anniversary features the artwork of Guelph artist Laurie McGaw.

7 Earth-like planets found orbiting star 39 light-years away

by Nicole Mortillaro

Scientists have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a small star 39 light-years away, with several planets believed to be capable of having water.

Dionne home to make way for highway rest stop in North Bay

by Erik White

The Dionne Quintuplets home will stay in North Bay for at least another six weeks, but the land it sits on could be a construction site by this summer.

Audio Meet 'Hoopla,' the library's new online media service

Hoopla, the new media company that boasts 500,000 titles — books, movies, and music— for library users to borrow, is the newest digital service offered by Greater Sudbury Libraries.

Man accused of 1st-degree murder of Sudbury woman known to Ontario justice system

by Samantha Samson

The man charged with first-degree murder of a woman from Sudbury has an extensive criminal record in Ontario.

Audio Sudbury launches mass emergency alert system

Sudbury Alerts will advise residents via text, email and home phone of potential hazards or safety concerns.

Woman, 49, dies after snowmobile breakdown

Provincial police in Sault Ste. Marie say 49-year-old Kelly Kalesa of Goulais River is dead after her snowmobile got stuck overnight.