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• Sudbury listings, Dec. 2 to Dec. 4

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• Two drug-impaired driving charges laid over weekend

  01-12-2020 23:39
  
  Two women from the Sudbury area have been charged in recent days with driving while impaired by a drug. Read More
  
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• Company fined after worker falls through skylight in Chelmsford

  01-12-2020 23:38
  
  North West Lumber Co. Ltd. has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured on the job in Chelmsford. Read More
  
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• Sudbury letter: Liberal response to COVID hard to stomach

  01-12-2020 23:25
  
  To my fellow Canadians: I cannot stand the Liberal BS, misinformation and stupidity no longer. Read More
  
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• Chelmsford apt. building fire displaces nine

  01-12-2020 23:15
  
  Nine people were displaced in a fire Tuesday that damaged a four-unit apartment building in Chelmsford. Read More
  
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• Chelmsford apartment building fire displaces nine

  01-12-2020 23:15
  
  Nine people were displaced in a fire Tuesday that damaged a four-unit apartment building in Chelmsford. Read More
  
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• Ontario doctors comment on public rallies and protests against lockdowns

  01-12-2020 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Medical association says some protests ‘causing more harm than good’
  
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• Two more cases of COVID-19 reported in Greater Sudbury - Sudbury.com

  01-12-2020 22:54
  
  Two more cases of COVID-19 reported in Greater Sudbury  Sudbury.com
  
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• Two more cases of COVID-19 reported in Greater Sudbury

  01-12-2020 22:52 via sudbury.com
  
  Greater Sudbury currently has nine active cases
  
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• OPP looking into sudden death at Manitoulin home

  01-12-2020 22:51
  
  A 42-year-old person died on Nov. 26 at a residence in Burpee & Mills Township on Manitoulin Island. Read More
  
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• Two new cases of COVID-19 in Sudbury, two more cases resolved

  01-12-2020 22:46
  
  Public Health Sudbury & Districts reported two new cases of COVID-19 in its service area on Tuesday. Read More
  
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• Bill 21 violates right of English Quebecers to manage their education system: lawyer

  01-12-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — When the Quebec government tells English schools they cannot hire women wearing the hijab, it violates the rights of the English-speaking minority to manage its educational institutions, a lawyer argued Tuesday in a case challenging the pr
  
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• Anishinabek program tackles stigma of HIV

  01-12-2020 22:14
  
  Feed the good wolf, not the bad wolf. Read More
  
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• Retired teachers group donates $1,000 to Keeping Seniors Warm program

  01-12-2020 22:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Yearly program brings seniors in need on shopping trip for warm winter clothes
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after dragging officer with car: police

  01-12-2020 21:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Toronto police say they have charged a man with the attempted murder of an officer who was hit by a car over the weekend. Police allege the man was driving a car that struck the officer and dragged him for more than 50 metres. Supt.
  
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• More impaired drivers using drugs: Sault police

  01-12-2020 21:18
  
  More drivers are being caught using drugs and driving by Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.Read More
  
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• ONTARIO: Human rights commission to look at anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse

  01-12-2020 21:08 via sudbury.com
  
  The commission announced it will meet with Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, and the Canadian Lacrosse Association in the coming months to discuss how to address systemic racism against Indigenous lacrosse players
  
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• Greater Sudbury area's opioid death rate is three times the national average, stats show - Sudbury.com

  01-12-2020 20:45
  
  Greater Sudbury area's opioid death rate is three times the national average, stats show  Sudbury.com
  
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• Greater Sudbury area's opioid death rate is three times the national average, stats show

  01-12-2020 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Rate is far higher than Toronto, Peel, Ottawa, Windsor or Niagara, and is the highest in the North
  
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• Five people displaced in Chelmsford apartment building fire

  01-12-2020 20:44 via sudbury.com
  
  Greater Sudbury Fire Services says blaze started on the back deck of 4-unit building
  
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• Explosive devices found at site of Gore Bay shooting that claimed officer's life

  01-12-2020 20:38 via sudbury.com
  
  GSPS says disposal unit working to ensure officer and community safety
  
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• Sudbury photos: Crews battle fire in Chelmsford

  01-12-2020 20:35
  
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• Samaritan Centre director says it too was excluded for mayor’s downtown task team

  01-12-2020 20:17 via sudbury.com
  
  How can the team address a problem it doesn’t have the information to understand, Lisa Long tells Sudbury.com
  
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• GREASLEY, Dennis

  01-12-2020 19:54 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Dennis Noel Greasley. The family announces with sorrow his passing in Sudbury, on Thursday, November 26, 2020 at the age of 87 years. Beloved husband of Lorraine (nee Lesy).
  
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• Military identifies remains of Newfoundland soldier killed in Belgium in 1917

  01-12-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian military says it has identified the remains of a young soldier from Newfoundland who died on a First World War battlefield in Belgium in 1917. The remains of Pte. John Lambert of St.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Probe finds arrest of Nunavut man knocked down by truck door was lawful

  01-12-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — An investigation by the Ottawa Police Service has determined that the arrest of a Nunavut man who appeared to have been knocked down by an RCMP truck door was lawful.
  
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• Arrest of Nunavut man knocked down by police truck door lawful: investigation

  01-12-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — An investigation by the Ottawa Police Service has determined that the arrest of a Nunavut man who was knocked down by an RCMP truck door was lawful.
  
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• BROUSSARD, Evangeline

  01-12-2020 19:33 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Evangeline Fleur Ange Broussard (nee Robillard) 80 years. Passed away peacefully at Pioneer Manor with family by her side on Saturday, November 28th, 2020. Beloved wife of 21 years to James “Jim” Broussard.
  
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• Quebec City's memorial to 2017 mosque shooting victims symbolizes defeat of hatred

  01-12-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Quebec City has inaugurated a memorial to the victims of the 2017 mosque shooting. The commemorative work designed by artist Luce Pelletier is located near the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec, in the city's Ste-Foy district.
  
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• Police investigate after protesters leave coffin outside Hamilton mayor's home

  01-12-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton say they are investigating after a protest group left a coffin outside the home of the city's mayor.
  
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• COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec reach highest level since June

  01-12-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — The number of people in Quebec hospitals due to COVID-19 has reached its highest level since June.
  
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• Christmas gatherings at risk as COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec continue to rise

  01-12-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault warned Tuesday that the province's plan to allow gatherings for four days around Christmas is at risk as the number of hospitalizations in the province reached their highest level since June.
  
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• Get your tickets: Virtual staging of play about Sudbury’s famous unsolved art theft goes this week

  01-12-2020 19:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Local playwright Judi Straughan takes on the 1974 theft of two AY Jackson originals from Sudbury Secondary in a fundraising play to benefit community radio station CKLU FM 
  
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• Trudeau says economic statement will be put to confidence vote in House of Commons

  01-12-2020 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says tens of billions in new spending measures the Liberals are proposing for families and businesses will be put to a vote that could risk toppling his Liberal minority government.
  
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• Feds spending plan heads to confidence vote as provinces seek more health-care cash

  01-12-2020 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's most populous province says the federal Liberal government missed an opportunity in its new spending plan to signal more help for health-care systems, setting up a potential showdown next week between the prime minister and premiers
  
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• WATCH: Province working with industry experts to plan rollout of COVID-19 vaccine

  01-12-2020 18:30 via sudbury.com
  
  Health Minister Christine Elliot says Ontario will have one of the best vaccine rollout plans in the country
  
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• LIVE: Premier Doug Ford holds daily press briefing at 1 p.m.

  01-12-2020 18:30 via sudbury.com
  
  Ford will be joined by Health Minister Christine Elliot, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones and Gen. Rick Hillier, chair of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force
  
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• BONHOMME, Ryan

  01-12-2020 18:28 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Ryan Bonhomme, 35 years, who passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Health Sciences North, surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband of Melanie Bonhomme (nee Plante). Loving father of Nevaeh and Jack.
  
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• Police discover explosives at the site of Gore Bay shooting

  01-12-2020 18:14
  
  The Greater Sudbury Police Service Explosive Disposal Unit has removed improvised explosive devices from the scene of a Gore Bay shooting that claimed the lives of an OPP officer and a civilian on Nov. 19. Read More
  
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• Sudbury teen headed to murder hearing next week

  01-12-2020 18:06
  
  A Sudbury teenager facing a second-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of another teen in the downtown core a year ago is headed to a preliminary hearing next week. Read More
  
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• Wiikwemkoong man, 47, drowns following Friday boating accident

  01-12-2020 18:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Two men fell overboard, but only one survived the cold water
  
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• Sudbury briefs: Overnight parking banned; Traffic report; Arts at Nine returns Wednesday

  01-12-2020 17:54
  The City of Greater Sudbury’s overnight parking bylaw will be in effect from Dec. 1 to March 31. During this time, parking is not permitted on any roadway, highway, laneway or side street within the city from midnight to and 7 a.m. Read More
  
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• Bryce Rundle joins Sudbury Star team

  01-12-2020 17:46
  
  The Sudbury Star’s new multimedia sales representative got into sales shortly after finishing high school and hasn’t let up. Read More
  
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• Federal offender may be in the Sudbury area

  01-12-2020 17:41
  
  A federal offender who has allegedly violated the conditions of his release may be in the Sudbury area. Read More
  
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• Trump admin silent after Hajdu pushes back on U.S. plan to raid Canada's drug cabinet

  01-12-2020 17:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration is keeping silent about Canada blocking its plan to import prescription drugs from north of the border.
  
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• Snow, high winds predicted for Sudbury area

  01-12-2020 17:25
  
  Saying ‘significant snowfall’ is expected Tuesday, Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Sudbury area. Read More
  
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• Ontario reports 1,707 new COVID-19 cases today, and seven new deaths from the virus

  01-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario is reporting 1,707 new cases of COVID-19 today, and seven new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 727 new cases are in Toronto, 373 in Peel Region, and 168 cases in York Region.
  
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• Liberals defend COVID-19 vaccine deals and distribution plans

  01-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberals are pushing back against allegations from their political rivals that the federal government has failed Canadians on COVID-19 vaccines, noting Canada was one of the first countries to order doses from several foreign suppliers.
  
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• Conservatives push for parliamentary committee study into failed vaccine deal

  01-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are calling for a parliamentary committee to probe the Liberal government's plan to refit a National Research Council facility in Montreal to start producing a COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Province reports 1,707 new COVID cases today

  01-12-2020 17:00 via sudbury.com
  
  About 74% of the new cases are from the GTA, while seven more deaths related to the coronavirus reported over the past 24 hours
  
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