Greater Sudbury news

• Sudbury police find cocaine, fentanyl during domestic violence call

  02-10-2026 23:59 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A call about domestic violence has led to charges against two people in Sudbury.Greater Sudbury Police said officers were investigating an intimate partner violence-related incident at a Granite Street home on Oct. 1 when they found illicit drugs in the home.Two adults were arrested at that point for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.Patrol officers then secured the home while members of the police service’s Drug Enforcement Unit obtained and executed a Controlled Drugs
  
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• Greater Sudbury votes: City deserves more mining revenues - MacIntyre

  02-10-2026 19:53 via thesudburystar.com
  
  It’s time for mining communities like Sudbury to get a greater share in the economic benefits of the mines beneath them, Ward 12 candidate Jeff MacIntyre says.Mayor Paul Lefebvre addressed this issue last month in The Sudbury Star ( ‘Sudbury: The highly strategic city that the Canada Investment Summit forgot,’ Sept. 21 ) and the National Post in recent stories. In a release, MacIntyre said he was “glad” the mayor did so.“It’s an issue all candidates for
  
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• Greater Sudbury votes: Carly Gasparini wants to be a 'catalyst' 

  02-10-2026 19:52 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Carly Gasparini says she has been inspired by the spirit of people she’s met while campaigning in Ward 9. In a release, Gasparini said she has noticed that people in the ward and other parts of Greater Sudbury have “an enduring sense of being fractured” since the 2001 amalgamation that created the City of Greater Sudbury.“But the truth is that each of the communities that make up our city have dedicated and hard-working residents who want to make our community the best i
  
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• Sudbury driver pleads to lesser charge and is fined $1,000 

  02-10-2026 18:16 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A police officer charged Riley Peake with impaired driving after seeing the accused speeding and driving erratically on Lorne Street last December. Peake, 45, resolved the case by pleading guilty to the lesser charge of careless driving in the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury. Justice Vincenzo Rondinelli, accepting a joint sentencing submission, issued a $1,000 fine and an 18-month probation order. That order includes the conditions that Peake complete the province’s Back on Track prog
  
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• Witness told police accused described fatal gunshot as ‘shoulder shot’ 

  02-10-2026 05:43 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The sudden illness of a Crown witness has caused the second-degree murder trial of David Pusey in Sudbury to bog down. Rosalind (Rossi) Peltier was scheduled to continue with her examination-in-chief testimony Thursday at the Sudbury Courthouse. However, the jury was informed Peltier had suddenly taken ill and was now at the hospital. “These things happen in a trial,” Superior Court Justice Susan Stothart told the seven-man, five-woman jury. “We are just not in a position to c
  
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• Author says creation can be a tool for remembrance and empowerment 

  02-10-2026 04:30 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Resistance and resilience, and telling a story in only 1,000 words instead of 6,000 are all part of Jenny Kay Dupuis path to becoming a best-selling author and artist. Jenny Kay Dupuis, an educator and member of Nipissing First Nation near North Bay, was the keynote speaker as Laurentian University marked National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. The events also featured a ceremony to honour Grace Fox, an Anishinaabe education leader from M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin
  
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