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• New top manager for Greater Sudbury left Halifax in swirl of controversy - Sudbury Star

  28-11-2025 23:56 via news.google.com
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• New top manager for Greater Sudbury left Halifax in swirl of controversy

  28-11-2025 23:53 via thesudburystar.com
  The professional firefighters’ union in Halifax is issuing a warning of sorts to their colleagues here as their former fire chief settles into his new role in Greater Sudbury. During an interview, Brendan Meagher, president of the Halifax Professional Fire Fighters (HPFF) union and a captain in the Halifax regional fire department, was critical of Ken Stuebing, Greater Sudbury’s new general manager of community services. Meagher said the union had lost faith in Stuebing after eight y
  
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• Feds set to open new coordination centre for disaster response

  28-11-2025 23:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expected to be open next month.
  
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• Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response

  28-11-2025 23:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expected to be open next month.
  
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• Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence

  28-11-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
  
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• Fact File: How Canadian accounts got swept up in X's location feature accuracy issues

  28-11-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Last week the X platform, formerly Twitter, began its rollout of a new location feature meant to disclose which country account holders post from.
  
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• SLOAN, Norman

  28-11-2025 22:13 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Norman Sloan, 80 years old, passed away peacefully on Friday November 28, 2025, at Health Science North, with loving family at his side. Best friend and loving husband of Marge (nee Davey) Sloan. Loving father of Kevin Sloan.
  
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• VIDEO: Your local grocery store won’t be forced to collect empties after all

  28-11-2025 21:44 via sudbury.com
  
  Tonight on Village Media's new 'Closer Look' podcast: How all sides came together to avoid a brewing battle over what happens to your empty beer and booze bottles
  
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• ROBINSON, Dennis

  28-11-2025 21:23 via sudbury.com
  
  Dennis Richard “Rob” Robinson passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025, in Sudbury, Ontario, at the age of 78. Born on June 23, 1947, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
  
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• Manitoba signs on to Ontario memorandum aimed at boosting power transmission

  28-11-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports.
  
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• Twenty-five years in the Sault, Tenaris eyes growth as Canada boosts energy ambitions

  28-11-2025 21:12 via sudbury.com
  
  Pipe manufacturer looking to hire hundreds and make more investments with energy sector poised to expand
  
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• 'Prime conspirator' arrested for shootings at Kap's Café in B.C., Indian police say

  28-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  SURREY — Police in Delhi say they have arrested the "prime conspirator" behind a series of extortion-linked shootings at a British Columbia café.
  
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• Ontario man awaits clarity after new trial ordered in 1989 murder of 10-year-old girl

  28-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A lawyer for an Ontario man whose conviction in the killing of a 10-year-old girl decades ago was set aside this week says he hopes to have some clarity on the fate of his client's case by the end of the year.
  
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• Most assisted deaths in Canada come after cancer diagnosis, annual report finds

  28-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A majority of the people who died with medical assistance in Canada in 2024 had a cancer diagnosis, new data shows.
  
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• Funding for police to support extortion targets in B.C.

  28-11-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  SURREY — The federal and provincial governments have announced $1 million in funding for police to support extortion victims in British Columbia. Premier David Eby told a meeting of police and local, provincial and federal politicians in Surrey, B.C.
  
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• Province refuses to answer questions on omnibus housing bill

  28-11-2025 20:44 via sudbury.com
  
  A provincial spokesperson, through whom all media inquiries are required to filter, declined Sudbury.com’s request for a phone interview and refused to answer written questions
  
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• GABORIAUD, Elaine

  28-11-2025 20:32 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Elaine Gaboriaud at the Maison McCulloch Hospice on November 27th
  
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• Sudbury police seize gun, charge adult and youth with trafficking

  28-11-2025 20:26 via thesudburystar.com
  Police seized a loaded handgun and arrested two individuals for drug trafficking on Thursday in the Donovan. Greater Sudbury Police said they conducted a traffic stop on Jean Street and took both an adult from Sudbury and youth from the Greater Toronto Area into custody. The latter initially resisted arrest and was apprehended after a brief struggle, the police service said in a release. A subsequent search led to the seizure of approximately three grams of cocaine, a digital scale, $5,425 in Ca
  
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• Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws

  28-11-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from Ontario's embattled Skills Development Fund could soon bypass planning laws, raising "significant concerns" for the province's municipalities and opposition parties.
  
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• EcoLife’s David Murray not guilty on all 35 counts of fraud

  28-11-2025 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Though the charges against Murray had stayed due to the length of the court process, the contractor was acquitted Nov. 28 of defrauding clients of an estimated $800K, now cleared of the case that has dogged him since 2016
  
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• Why second mortgages are on the homeowner radar

  28-11-2025 19:56 via sudbury.com
  
  Adding a mortgage can help you access your home equity without sacrificing your current rate or mortgage.
  
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• Data: Residents in Sudbury’s for-profit LTC facilities receiving less care

  28-11-2025 19:36 via sudbury.com
  
  Data obtained by The Trillium shows for-profit long-term care facilities are providing their residents with markedly less care than residents receive in non-profit settings, like Pioneer Manor or Finlandia Hoivakoti
  
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• Defence to call expert witness for Sudbury man caught in luring sting

  28-11-2025 19:24 via thesudburystar.com
  A Sudbury man who attempted to lure a girl into sex using social media will now be sentenced on March 9. Colin Amer’s case had been delayed because his lawyer, Laurie Galway, will be calling an expert witness who had compiled a risk assessment report on her client. As a result, a scheduled, two-hour sentencing hearing had to be postponed. “Next time, we need to proceed,” Ontario Court Justice Julie Lefebvre told the court. “I think it will take an entire morning
  
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• Transit workers in Montreal announce overtime strike through holiday season

  28-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal transit workers are set to go on strike again next month amid a prolonged labour dispute. The transit agency’s 2,400 maintenance workers say they will refuse overtime hours between Dec. 9 and Jan. 11.
  
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• Montreal borough mayor calls destruction of homeless encampment a misunderstanding

  28-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — The mayor of a Montreal borough says she has ordered an investigation after city workers destroyed a homeless encampment earlier this week.
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder in alleged Simcoe, Ont., double homicide: OPP

  28-11-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Provincial police say a man is facing an upgraded murder charge and an additional charge of first-degree murder in the deaths of two people in southwestern Ontario last month. Police say the morning of Oct.
  
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• Everything that’s coming to Crave Canada this December

  28-11-2025 18:57 via village-life.ca
  
  Crave’s 2025 lineup includes the series premier of historical drama Spartacus: House of Ashur, the return of Canadian comedy Shoresy, and a new holiday special from The Office Movers.
  
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• Everything coming to Crave Canada this December

  28-11-2025 18:57 via village-life.ca
  
  Crave’s 2025 lineup includes the series premier of historical drama Spartacus: House of Ashur, the return of Canadian comedy Shoresy, and a new holiday special from The Office Movers.
  
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• Substance abuse led Sudbury man to do some strange things    

  28-11-2025 18:55 via thesudburystar.com
  Substance abuse caused Benjamin Dickerson to do some strange things this summer. In August, he was found in a room at the Radisson Hotel, which he had not booked. When told he shouldn’t be there, he replied that he owned the city. Days later, he went behind the bar at the Frood Hotel and poured himself a drink. When the female bartender attempted to stop him, he assaulted her. Dickerson also threw a bottle at a customer. Later, the Sudbury man spat in the face
  
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• CPAC says it's at ‘breaking point’ after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision

  28-11-2025 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The long-standing video service providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk.
  
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• Ontario takes control of real estate council after audit identifies issues

  28-11-2025 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking control of the province's real estate regulator after an audit found issues with its practices and organizational culture.
  
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• Supreme Court says investor's action against mining company can proceed

  28-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor's legal action against a mining company over its decision not to immediately publicize information about a production setback can proceed. Just days after Canadian firm Lundin Mining Corp.
  
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• Ontario, federal governments establishing fusion energy research centre

  28-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  The Ontario and federal governments, along with an energy company, have announced that they are setting up a research Centre for Fusion Energy in the province. The federal government, through Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
  
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• Investor's case against mining firm over timely disclosure can proceed: Supreme Court

  28-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor can pursue legal action against a mining company on the basis that it did not immediately publicize information about a production setback.
  
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• Anand says Global Affairs cuts won't harm consular access for Canadians abroad

  28-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says budget cuts at Global Affairs Canada won't affect the ability of Canadians in trouble abroad to get help from embassies.
  
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• Anand says Global Affairs cuts won't harm consular access

  28-11-2025 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says budget cuts at Global Affairs Canada won't affect the ability of Canadians in trouble abroad to get help from embassies.
  
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• Shoo fly: Sudbury researchers take aim at invasive fruit pest

  28-11-2025 17:32 via sudbury.com
  
  Collège Boréal seeking ways to mitigate damage to northeastern Ontario crops
  
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• Breaking: Sudbury businessman cleared on 35 counts of fraud

  28-11-2025 17:24 via thesudburystar.com
  Justice Sharon Murphy has cleared Sudbury businessman David Murray of all 35 counts of fraud he was facing. Justice Murray delivered her not guilty verdicts this morning. Murray, who owned and operated EcoLife Home Improvements, was charged after clients alleged they paid for improvements to their homes or businesses, but the work was never done or completed. The estimated total value of the alleged frauds was $800,000. More to come.
  
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• Bad luck, timing - not fraud - led to Sudbury businessman's troubles: Judge - Update 

  28-11-2025 17:24 via thesudburystar.com
  The Ford government’s decision to kill a popular rebate program – rather than fraud – was a major reason why a Sudbury businessman could not complete hundreds of thousands in home and business upgrades, a judge ruled Friday. Ontario Court Justice Sharon Murphy made the observation as she acquitted David Murray of the 35 fraud charges he was facing. “I have considered all of Mr. Murray’s evidence,” Justice Sharon Murphy said via Zoom. “While I treat some
  
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• Sudbury's community paramedic wellness clinics a success, city says 

  28-11-2025 17:13 via thesudburystar.com
  The community paramedicine program is making a big difference to many of Greater Sudbury’s most vulnerable seniors, city councillors heard this week 
    During the meeting of the community and emergency services committee, Tyler Campbell, GM of community well-being, provided committee members with an update on the impact of the community paramedicine program, highlighting that wellness clinics in community housing are successfully reducing reliance on emergency
  
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• Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns as Ukraine corruption investigations widen

  28-11-2025 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.
  
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• Zelenskyy's chief of staff resigns after anti-corruption investigators search home

  28-11-2025 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country's lead negotiator in talks with the U.
  
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• Ottawa launches public registry listing more than 400 federal AI projects

  28-11-2025 16:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has launched a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence.
  
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• Ontario’s Bill 33 expands policing in schools and will erode democratic oversight

  28-11-2025 16:50 via sudbury.com
  This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site.
  
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• Trump administration to halt all asylum decisions in wake of National Guard shooting

  28-11-2025 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Friday it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C. The director of U.S.
  
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• Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

  28-11-2025 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced Friday that charges against a man who authorities say shot two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder.
  
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• Suspect in shooting of National Guard members faces murder charge as US halts all asylum decisions

  28-11-2025 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S.
  
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• Rotary Club Light Up event starts tonight

  28-11-2025 16:22 via sudbury.com
  
  Rotary Clubs of Sudbury Sunrisers and Sudbury invite the community to Light Up Rotary Park
  
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• Local artist’s work featured in new trail signage at Junction Creek

  28-11-2025 16:13 via sudbury.com
  
  Join Rainbow Routes for guided walk Saturday following the unveiling
  
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• Paris prosecutor says arrested man is thought to be 4th member of Louvre heist gang

  28-11-2025 16:05 via sudbury.com
  PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor said Friday that a man arrested earlier this week is thought to be fourth member of the team that stole France’s crown jewels from the Louvre Museum.
  
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