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• Police looking to return cremated remains found at Niagara-area thrift store

  27-11-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Police in the Niagara Region are looking to return an urn containing cremated remains to its owner after the urn was brought to a thrift store as a donation.
  
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• Five things to know about the Quebec government's new secularism bill

  27-11-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would introduce broad new restrictions on religious practices in public and private spaces.
  
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• Five takeaways on Alberta-Ottawa pipeline memorandum of understanding

  27-11-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to grow Alberta's oil exports while also committing to making it a world leader in green energy technology.
  
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• LAFORGE, John

  27-11-2025 23:06 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with deep sadness that the family announces the peaceful passing of John (Jean-Marc) Laforge at the age of 81, surrounded by his loved ones. Beloved son of the late Frank and Lina Laforge (née Lemieux).
  
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• Steven Guilbeault quits Carney's cabinet to protest pipeline deal

  27-11-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet to protest Ottawa signing an agreement with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal

  27-11-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline.
  
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• New trial ordered in 1989 murder of 10-year old Toronto girl

  27-11-2025 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing 10-year-old Darla Thurrott in 1989.
  
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• Accused Sudbury killer resolves old, unrelated charges

  27-11-2025 22:18 via thesudburystar.com
  A Sudbury man who is a co-accused in the shooting deaths of two people at a city housing complex in August cleared up some old, unrelated charges he was facing. Keaton Pren, 44, pleaded guilty this week to failing to report to a probation officer within two days of his release back in September 2021. Pren ended up with a time-served sentence. The sentence Ontario Court Justice Mark Hornblower issued had been suggested by the Crown and defence in a joint submission. The court heard that Pren did
  
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• Premier blasts N.S. Power's cyberattack response, weighs fine for utility

  27-11-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he is disappointed with how the privately owned provincial utility responded to a cyberattack earlier this year.
  
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• Pipeline deal could trigger race to the bottom on Canada's climate policy: advocates

  27-11-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa is raising concerns that key climate policies could be opened up to province-by-province negotiation.
  
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• Blue-green algae detected in Espanola's Lake Apsey 

  27-11-2025 21:50 via thesudburystar.com
  A visible bloom of blue-green algae has been observed in Lake Apsey in the Espanola area, Public Health Sudbury and Districts said Thursday. 
    The health unit said the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks tests taken on Nov. 24, from that bloom confirmed the presence of 
  blue-green algae (cyanobacteria)
  . The samples contained a species of cyanobacteria that can produce toxins.
    Burgess Hawkins, a manager in Public Health’s
  
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• City council not quite sold on gateway speed limits

  27-11-2025 21:22 via sudbury.com
  
  A broader report with context around how 40 km/h gateway speed limits are proposed to impact longer-term traffic safety efforts will be presented to city council members in March
  
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• NDP leadership candidates to take part in a French debate in Montreal

  27-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The five official NDP leadership candidates will take part in a French debate in Montreal tonight — the first debate of the race.
  
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• NDP leadership candidates acknowledge need to improve French in Montreal debate

  27-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The NDP leadership candidates are conceding they need to brush up on their French language skills as they face off for the campaign's first debate in Montreal.
  
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• 'Frustrating': Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount

  27-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  REGINA — Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying.
  
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• Cadillac Fairview suing U.S. arm of Hudson's Bay over former Saks Fifth Avenue stores

  27-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A major mall owner is suing the U.S. arm of Hudson's Bay for more than $75 million in losses and damages related to former Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Canada.
  
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• ‘Nothing has changed’: New data, same old problems with hospital wait times

  27-11-2025 21:07 via sudbury.com
  
  Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast: Amid more headlines about emergency department delays, we revisit our conversation with a grieving mother who is on a mission to fix the system
  
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• Who needs a home? This fella needs a second chance at life

  27-11-2025 20:56 via sudbury.com
  
  Meet Cat Bus. When he arrived at the Greater Sudbury Animal Shelter he was in really rough shape, but some TLC and attention turned him into a happy feline who needs a good home
  
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• Laurentian will host international mine rescue competition in 2026

  27-11-2025 20:50 via thesudburystar.com
  Laurentian University will host the North American University Mine Rescue Competition early next year. The event will bring nine student teams from across the continent — including institutions from Colorado, South Dakota, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario — to Sudbury in February for a week of hands-on training and head-to-head competition. “This competition is unique because of where the teams come from and how differently they train,” said Felix Gervais, a fourth-y
  
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• First Nations leader says pipeline MOU changes nothing, tanker ban is non-negotiable

  27-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia says the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on an proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast "does nothing" to increase
  
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• Eby brands pipeline 'energy vampire' as First Nations vow it will never happen

  27-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward making it a reality.
  
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• B.C. Premiers Eby calls pipeline MOU a distraction that risks being 'energy vampire'

  27-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  British Columbia Premier David Eby says a proposed northern pipeline that is the subject of a memorandum of understanding between Alberta and the federal government is a distraction that has already resulted in the loss of another investment opportun
  
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• B.C. man gets months-long sentence for assault, threats, as he waits for murder trial

  27-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  The man accused in a high-profile killing of his estranged wife has been sentenced in a separate case of choking and uttering threats in Kelowna, B.C.
  
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• Underfunding putting long-term health of Public Health at risk, Hirji says

  27-11-2025 20:33 via sudbury.com
  
  Dr. Mustafa Hirji, CEO of Public Health Sudbury, and Mark Signoretti, board of health chair, are pushing the province to boost its share of public health spending as health unit struggles to deliver programming on dwindling funds
  
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• HORNER, Helene

  27-11-2025 20:29 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Helene Marguerite Horner (Labatte) Born, February 10 1934. Helene passed peacefully, Tuesday, November 25, 2025 at Health Science North. Beloved wife of 62 years to Donald Horner (predeceased 2018) of Skead.
  
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• Comments and reaction on Ottawa-Alberta pipeline memorandum of understanding

  27-11-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to the West Coast to reach groundbreaking markets in Asia.
  
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• LAFRENIERE, Gary

  27-11-2025 20:02 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the peaceful passing of Gary Lafreniere, age 90, on November 22, 2025, in Sudbury, Ontario, with his family by his side.
  
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• Ottawa has no plans to re-engage with Iran at this time, Anand says

  27-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time.
  
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• News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario

  27-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
  
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• News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario

  27-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.
  
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• Anand says Canada has no current plans to re-engage with Iran

  27-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time, and pushed back on senators who claim Canada has abandoned its human rights focus in its pursuit of investment f
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada returns murder case to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

  27-11-2025 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence.
  
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• Elections Canada says protocol wasn't followed in Nunavik during federal election

  27-11-2025 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were "significantly hindered" by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early.
  
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• NDP MPPs from Northern Ontario push for Chad's Law

  27-11-2025 18:27 via thesudburystar.com
  Guy Bourgouin is renewing his push for safer highways with the reintroduction of Chad’s Law. The Mushkegwuk-James Bay MPP’s bill would make it illegal to pass on double solid lines in Ontario, something every other province already prohibits. Bourgouin was joined by Sudbury MPP Jamie West, Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas, and Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Lise Vaugeois, at Queen’s Park on Nov. 26 to table the bill for a second time. The legislation is named for Chad, a d
  
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• Steel sector praises new federal measures, wants to see tariff remission program end

  27-11-2025 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The head of Canada's steel industry association says there was one disappointment in Prime Minister Mark Carney's otherwise helpful package of measures to boost the domestic market in the face of U.S. tariffs.
  
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• Halifax bouncer who placed bar patron in chokehold convicted of manslaughter

  27-11-2025 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  HALIFAX — A bouncer at a Halifax bar who killed an Ontario man during a scuffle on Christmas Eve 2022 has been convicted by a judge of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death.
  
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• Drax to shut B.C. wood pellet plant by year's end, says not 'commercially viable'

  27-11-2025 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  WILLIAMS LAKE — A company operating a wood pellet plant in the British Columbia Interior says the facility will be shuttered by the end of the year due to a lack of available fibre. U.K.-based Drax, which has faced accusations it burns old-growth B.
  
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• Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban

  27-11-2025 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast — and opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban.
  
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• Canada’s hottest dog names — revealed and ranked

  27-11-2025 18:15 via village-life.ca
  
  From Pokémon characters to words that make them chuckle, Canadian dog owners are drawing inspiration from all corners of life when naming their furry companions.
  
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• Celebration of Life: MARTEL, Taunya

  27-11-2025 18:03 via sudbury.com
  
  A celebration of life will be held on Sunday December 7, 2025 at Westside Village Apartments - Hospitality Room, 99 Dow Drive, Sudbury, from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm. Donations can be made in her name with the Sudbury Food Bank (1985 – 2025) The family
  
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• Emissions target repeal looms over climate case named for Sudbury activist

  27-11-2025 17:56 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario's move to repeal its own emissions targets is a bald-faced attempt to escape accountability, say the young activists behind the landmark climate case Mathur et al, which is named for Sudbury climate activist Sophia Mathur
  
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• Hamilton police charge two men in 'vicious' assault against transgender person

  27-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  HAMILTON — Hamilton police say two men in their 20s have been arrested after a "vicious" hate-motivated assault against a transgender person last month. Police say a physical altercation took place around 2:30 a.m. on Oct.
  
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• CFIA says there's no need to restrict honey bee imports to ward off deadly mite

  27-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there's no scientific evidence to suggest Canada should ban imports of honey bees from outside North America.
  
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• Laurentian’s longtime auditor fined $50K for failures in pre-insolvency audit

  27-11-2025 17:49 via sudbury.com
  
  Auditor Laurie Bissonette, now retired but formerly of KPMG, ‘failed to conduct herself in a manner which will maintain the good reputation of the profession and serve the public interest’ and ‘failed to perform her professional services with due care,’ a professional conduct committee of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario found
  
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• Sudbury native Shannon Restoule to lead Greater Sudbury Utilities - Sudbury Star

  27-11-2025 17:36
  Sudbury native Shannon Restoule to lead Greater Sudbury Utilities  Sudbury Star
  
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• Sudbury native Shannon Restoule to lead Greater Sudbury Utilities

  27-11-2025 17:33 via thesudburystar.com
  Shannon Restoule is the new president and chief executive officer of Greater Sudbury Utilities. Restoule succeeds longtime leader Frank Kallonen, who retired after 38 years of service to GSU. Born and raised in Sudbury, Restoule is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a graduate of Laurentian University’s Honours Bachelor of Commerce program. Since joining GSU in 2012, she has held several progressive executive roles, including vice president of strategy and growth, and general manager
  
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• Greater Sudbury fire chief: 'We quite literally rescue cats from trees' 

  27-11-2025 17:21 via thesudburystar.com
  As it turns out, you can call the fire department if your cat gets stuck in a tree. 
    During this week’s meeting of the finance committee, several municipal departments presented their 2026-27 budgets, including the fire service. 
    Rob Grimwood, only 12 days into his new job as the city’s director and chief of fire services, told committee members the nature of the service is unpredictable. 
    “We are a dynamic and unpredictable departm
  
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• Ontario signs deal with Marten Falls First Nation to fast track road to Ring of Fire

  27-11-2025 17:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Another northern Ontario First Nation has signed a partnership deal with the province to fast track construction on the road to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire.
  
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• Paperwork issue again delays sentencing in severe Chelmsford stabbing case

  27-11-2025 17:16 via sudbury.com
  
  Charged with stabbing her neighbour, who was left with life-altering injuries, Jessie Brave will wait to hear whether she will serve six years, or three-and-a-half, after an administrative delay sees her wait another month for sentencing
  
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• LEBRUN-MAY, Anita

  27-11-2025 17:07 via sudbury.com
  
  Anita Therese Lebrun-May In loving memory of Anita Therese Lebrun-May, 88 years old, who passed away at her residence with her loving family by her side. Beloved wife of Theodore Lebrun (1986) and Roy May (2017).
  
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