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• Ottawa's budget legislation puts final nail in the coffin of the digital services tax

  18-11-2025 23:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Legislation to implement the Liberals' new federal budget will also spell the end of Canada's ill-fated digital services tax.
  
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• DHS plans to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep, AP sources say

  18-11-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Around 250 federal border agents are set to descend on New Orleans in the coming weeks for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed “Swamp Sweep” that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississi
  
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• SPENCER, Roderick

  18-11-2025 22:55 via sudbury.com
  
  Roderick (Rick) Douglas Spencer (1950 – 2025) It is with heartbreak that we announce the peaceful passing of Roderick Spencer in Sudbury, Saturday November 15, 2025, at the age of 74 years. Rick was a Registered Dental Technologist (R.D.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws

  18-11-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter's notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults. More coming.
  
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• Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause to stop court challenges of transgender laws

  18-11-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent court challenges to a trio of laws impacting transgender youth and adults.
  
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• Conservative MP Stubbs defends missing budget vote after surgery

  18-11-2025 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs missed Monday's critical budget vote because she is recovering from major surgery, a statement posted to social media said Tuesday.
  
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• Lopes Limited, Coniston Industrial Park encourage students to consider a trade

  18-11-2025 22:15 via thesudburystar.com
  Lopes Limited and Coniston Industrial Park Ltd. have leased a new truck and purchased a new trailer for the Rainbow District School Board to take trades education on the road. The Think Trades initiative targets students in Grade 8, opening pathways to careers by inspiring students to consider the trades in secondary school and beyond. When the trailer stops at schools in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin Island, students can access high-quality tools and materials to participate in hands-on proj
  
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• Carney off to the United Arab Emirates tonight before heading to G20 summit

  18-11-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to the United Arab Emirates tonight before making his way to South Africa for the G20 Leaders’ Summit later this week.
  
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• Ontario looks at forcing impaired drivers to pay child support

  18-11-2025 21:46 via sudbury.com
  
  When a parent or guardian is killed by an impaired driver, province says its developing measures to make the driver to support financially the children left behind
  
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• Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people, Lebanese ministry says

  18-11-2025 21:35 via sudbury.com
  
  SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 13 people and wounded several others, state media and government officials said.
  
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• Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 11 people, Lebanese ministry says

  18-11-2025 21:35 via sudbury.com
  SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 11 people and wounded four, state media and the Lebanese Health Ministry said.
  
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• Sudbury parents raise funds for kids requiring skull procedures

  18-11-2025 21:26 via thesudburystar.com
  A Sudbury couple is celebrating their infant son’s recovery from skull surgery with a T-shirt campaign to help families of other young kids affected by the same head condition. “To mark one year since Harvey’s surgery, Andrew and I created something special: Small Heads, Big Hearts — a fundraiser dedicated to supporting infants with craniosynostosis,” said Brittney Violet Smith, an artist and designer in Sudbury. “We want to help ease the financial burden for
  
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• School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs

  18-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues.
  
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• Canada Post expects to lose 30K employees to retirement, voluntary departures by 2035

  18-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The CEO of Canada Post says the company expects to lose up to 30,000 employees to retirement or voluntary departure over the next decade as the Crown corporation looks to shrinks its workforce and modernize the service.
  
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• 18-year-old suspect facing murder charge after fatal stabbing in Ottawa

  18-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — An 18-year-old suspect is facing a murder charge in Ottawa after a fatal stabbing in the city's west end on Monday evening. Ottawa police say officers rushed to the 2900 block of Penny Drive around 6:45 p.m.
  
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• CLOSER LOOK: Why we’re asking you to help fund our investigative journalism

  18-11-2025 21:18 via sudbury.com
  
  The Trillium, Village Media's bureau at Queen's Park, is asking readers across the province to help uncover more details about the Ford government's controversial Skills Development Fund
  
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• Wolves finish six-game homestand this week

  18-11-2025 21:09 via sudbury.com
  
  Team takes on Barrie on Wednesday then welcomes London for a tilt on Friday
  
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• House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Senate

  18-11-2025 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggle
  
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• Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump

  18-11-2025 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had
  
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• Hands-on welding training draws young workers to the trades

  18-11-2025 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  UA Local 800 offering multiple apprentice programs.
  
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• Union membership offers tradespeople a path to secure retirement

  18-11-2025 20:42 via sudbury.com
  
  UA Local 800 offers training, support, pension and benefits
  
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• Sudbury.com’s Holiday Gift Card Auction is now live!

  18-11-2025 20:36 via sudbury.com
  
  Over $115,000 in gift cards starting at 50% off are up for grabs in Sudbury.com's Holiday Gift Card Auction
  
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• Franco-Ontarian musical icon honoured to marshall Sudbury Santa Claus Parade

  18-11-2025 20:34 via sudbury.com
  
  Saturday’s parade will kick off with a fireworks display at 5:15 p.m. and 68 registered floats starting their route beginning west down Ste-Anne Road at Notre Dame Avenue at 5:30 p.m.
  
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• Two ministers in the running to be Nunavut's next premier today

  18-11-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Two former cabinet ministers are competing to be Nunavut's next premier. David Akeeagok and John Main made their pitches to fellow MLAs this morning after David Joanasie was elected Speaker.
  
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• John Main selected as Nunavut's premier, marking territory's first non-Inuk leader

  18-11-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — John Main was selected as Nunavut's next premier on Tuesday, marking the first time Nunavut will have a non-Inuk leader.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: John Main selected as Nunavut's first non-Inuk leader

  18-11-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — John Main has been selected as Nunavut's next premier, marking the first time Nunavut will have a non-Inuk leader. Main beat out David Akeeagok for the position in a secret ballot vote in Nunavut's legislature this afternoon.
  
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• QUENNEVILLE, Solange

  18-11-2025 19:58 via sudbury.com
  
  1944-2025 (81) Solange “Sally” Quenneville (née Lamoureux), passed away on November 11 th , 2025, at the age of 81.
  
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• POLL: Survey says life was better back in ‘75 — do you agree?

  18-11-2025 19:58 via village-life.ca
  
  We may now have the internet, iPhones, and ChatGPT, but it turns out that the majority of people would turn back time to 1975 if they could.
  
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• Celebration of Life: KANERVA, Donna

  18-11-2025 19:53 via sudbury.com
  
  We will celebrate the wonderful life of Donna Kanerva on Sunday, November 23rd, 2025, from 10am to 2pm at the Lively Golf Course Upper Hall
  
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• Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms

  18-11-2025 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday.
  
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• High-grade copper resource positions Levack as key asset for Magna Mining

  18-11-2025 19:32 via sudbury.com
  
  Sudbury mine developer plunging deeper into mothballed mine, leading to restart decision
  
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• Are you throwing out food for no reason? ‘Best before’ dates might be to blame

  18-11-2025 19:31 via village-life.ca
  
  The average Canadian is throwing out hundreds of dollars of food each year when they don’t need to.
  
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• Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries

  18-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside their scope of practice. Dr.
  
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• Joly says Canada 'didn't get enough' benefits out of F-35 procurement deal

  18-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the Liberal government believes Canada "didn't get enough" industrial benefits out of its contract for American-made F-35 stealth fighter jets.
  
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• Group gets trapped after elevator in new light rail station breaks down

  18-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — The operator of Montreal's new light rail service says about 20 people got stuck in an elevator on Monday at a new underground station that is the deepest in Canada.
  
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• Canada, U.S., Finland take step forward on ICE Pact plan to build icebreakers

  18-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Canada, the United States and Finland took a step toward building new icebreakers despite the breakdown in trade talks between Ottawa and the Trump administration.
  
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• After years away from Washington, Saudi crown prince gets warm embrace from Trump, US business

  18-11-2025 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington on Tuesday as the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia makes his first White House visit since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi b
  
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• POIRIER, Susan

  18-11-2025 19:02 via sudbury.com
  
  In Loving Memory of Susan “Sue” Poirier May 10, 1967 – November 14, 2025 After a lengthy illness with her husband and children by her side, Sue passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 58.
  
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• 'Valid' questions for CFIA but few simple answers in wake of B.C. ostrich cull

  18-11-2025 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Infectious disease veterinarian Scott Weese says the hundreds of ostriches shot dead on a rainy night at a British Columbia farm this month "probably weren't infected" with avian influenza at the time of the cull by the Canadian Food Inspection Agenc
  
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• Quebec MNA Marwah Rizqy suspended from Liberal caucus, stripped of leadership duties

  18-11-2025 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec Liberal Marwah Rizqy has been suspended from caucus and stripped of her duties in the legislature because of what the party leader is calling a breach of trust.
  
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• Photo: Tim Hortons Holiday Smile Cookie Campaign underway in Sudbury

  18-11-2025 18:49 via thesudburystar.com
  Mark Scott, a volunteer with the Children’s Aid Society, and Jessica Caldwell, communications coordinator with the Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin, show their artistic talents as they create smiles for the Tim Hortons Holiday Smile Cookie Campaign. The campaign runs from Nov. 17 to 23. Locally, the cookie campaign will support the Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin and Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation. All
  
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• ATV driver faces impaired charges after Elliot Lake crash

  18-11-2025 18:26 via thesudburystar.com
  An Elliot Lake man is facing charges following what police call a ‘lengthy’ investigation in an ATV crash on Aug. 6. In a release, the East Algoma OPP said officers were called around 6:15 p.m. that day to a single-vehicle collision involving an ATV on Mississauga Avenue. “The ATV hit a hydro pole, tangled in lines, and flipped onto a residential front yard fence,” police said. “Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transported the lone operator to hospital for further a
  
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• Pursuit: Sudbury soccer trio wintering in Quebec to fine-tune skills

  18-11-2025 18:18 via sudbury.com
  
  Alex Ben-Anteur, Sam Lazare and Frank Nzotungwanimana of the Greater Sudbury Soccer Club spending winter season at the Valencia CF Soccer Academy
  
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• Common misconceptions about home equity loans

  18-11-2025 17:53 via sudbury.com
  
  From credit score concerns to fears of losing their homes, misconceptions keep many from exploring the benefits of home equity loans. This article sets the record straight.
  
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• City of Greater Sudbury hires new director of planning services - Sudbury Star

  18-11-2025 17:43 via news.google.com
  City of Greater Sudbury hires new director of planning services  Sudbury Star
  
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• City of Greater Sudbury hires new director of planning services 

  18-11-2025 17:37 via thesudburystar.com
  The City of Greater Sudbury has announced Melissa Riou has been promoted to the role of director of planning services, overseeing development approvals, geographic information systems, and strategic and environmental planning. 
    Riou joined the city as a senior planner in 2016 and was most recently interim manager of strategic and environmental planning. She is a registered professional planner and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. She holds an undergraduate de
  
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• PICARD, Courtney Michelle

  18-11-2025 17:36 via sudbury.com
  
  Courtney Michelle Picard, age 31, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2025, in Edmundston, New Brunswick, after fighting cancer with a strength and courage that humbled everyone around her.
  
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• Kitchener woman charged with first-degree murder, police say

  18-11-2025 16:50 via sudbury.com
  
  KITCHENER — Police say a 40-year-old woman is facing a murder charge after a 44-year-old woman was found dead in Kitchener, Ont., on Monday.
  
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• PEPIN, Donald

  18-11-2025 16:28 via sudbury.com
  
  PEPIN, Donald The family announces with great sorrow his passing in Val Caron on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at the age of 72 years. Son of the late Roland Pepin and of the late Florence Lafontaine. Dear brother of Rita Pepin, Yvette Malbeuf (Roger),
  
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• Report finds one in five immigrants leaves Canada within 25 years

  18-11-2025 16:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A new report says one in five newcomers to Canada leaves the country within 25 years of their arrival — and most of those who leave exit within their first five years here.
  
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