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• Barrydowne College celebrates record graduating class of 97 students

  07-07-2026 18:33 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Barrydowne College marked a major milestone as the school year came to a close, celebrating the largest graduating class in its history.A total of 97 students crossed the stage to receive their Ontario Secondary School Diplomas during the school’s graduation ceremony last month.One of those graduates, Preston Mumford, credited the school’s supportive environment for helping him succeed.“Barrydowne College has been a place where I have not only experienced success, I have thriv
  
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• Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document

  08-07-2026 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A document prepared for the federal artificial intelligence minister to use when pitching international investors on Canada’s AI ecosystem identifies a massive proposed increase in Canada’s data centre capacity.
  
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• BLAIS, Laura

  08-07-2026 21:19 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Laura Bernadette Blais (née Dellaire), 82 years who passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at her home
  
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• Sudbury’s first summer heat wave sends 12 to ER

  08-07-2026 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Public Health Sudbury says the scorching temperatures from June 29 to July 3 sent 12 people to emergency rooms in the region with heat-related illnesses, including heat stroke, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and severe sunburn
  
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• Carney in Saudi Arabia seeking economic partnership amid human rights concerns

  08-07-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Saudi Arabia as he seeks economic partnerships with a strategically important country whose notorious human rights record is only getting worse.
  
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• ZUPAN, Hedvika

  08-07-2026 19:58 via sudbury.com
  
  (1938-2026) Hedvika Zupan, 87, of Sudbury, ON, passed peacefully on July 7th, 2026. She was born in Maribor, Slovenia, in 1938 to Joseph and Marija Pukl. She met Andrej Zupan in Slovenia and they came to Canada together in 1963.
  
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• Mandatory minimum for child sex abuse material is unconstitutional, says Quebec court

  08-07-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec's highest court has concluded that the minimum one-year sentence for distribution of child sexual abuse material is unconstitutional.
  
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• Here's a look at ridings where voters can expect federal byelections to be called

  08-07-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Richard Martel and Nate Erskine-Smith resigned their seats in the House of Commons on Tuesday, setting a clock ticking ahead of a pair of byelections in Quebec and Ontario — and they are not the only ones.
  
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• Boys aged 12 and 11 suspects in assault on another child, Hamilton break-in: police

  08-07-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  HAMILTON — Hamilton police say a 12-year-old boy has been charged with several crimes after he and an 11-year-old boy allegedly broke into a store and stole bear spray that was later used in an assault on another child.
  
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• Sudbury man admits his role in drug operation

  08-07-2026 19:47 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A Sudbury man who was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by police in Nairn Centre last year that had a handgun, cocaine and fentanyl has been given the equivalent jail sentence of almost two years.Cameron Caldwell, 41, who had been in custody since his arrest on March 5, 2025, pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice at the Sudbury Courthouse to cocaine possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a weapon without a licence.Justice Catherine Kehoe, accepting a joint sentenci
  
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• Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5M after jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed her

  08-07-2026 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
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• Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M after jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed her

  08-07-2026 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) —E. Jean Carrollcan be paid the $5.
  
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• March snowstorm response cost the city $7.8M

  08-07-2026 19:24 via sudbury.com
  
  An independent review of the March snowstorm yielded 10 recommendations
  
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• Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant

  08-07-2026 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former WisconsinJudge Hannah Duganwas spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
  
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• Landry-Altmann won’t run again in Ward 12 as election races heat up

  08-07-2026 18:44 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Greater Sudbury’s long-serving city councillor has decided not to run again.With an upgraded basketball court at O’Connor Park in the background, Ward 12 Joscelyne Landry-Altmann announced that after 20 years in city politics, she won’t seek another term. “My job is done,” she said in a video statement posted to Facebook in French and English ( www.facebook.com/reel/3662583963894963 .)Landry-Altmann, first elected in 2006, thanked her family, friends, supporters, c
  
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• Suspect arrested after repeated violence in Vancouver World Cup zone

  08-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say a man suspected in several violent confrontations in the Granville Street pedestrian zone set up for the FIFA World Cup has been arrested.
  
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• Second wildfire triggers upgraded evacuation order near Boston Bar, B.C.

  08-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  BOSTON BAR — A second out-of-control wildfire has triggered an evacuation order near Boston Bar, B.C., already battered by another blaze that has forced people out of their homes.
  
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• ROY, Monique Jeanne

  08-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  July 1946 – June 2026 (79)It is with deep sorrow the family announces the passing of Monique Jeanne Roy, who left us peacefully on June 23 at the age of 79, surrounded by her loving family.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Canadian creator of 'The Pitt' earns Emmy nod

  08-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Canada's R. Scott Gemmill has earned an Emmy nomination for best drama series as creator of “The Pitt."The HBO Max medical drama chronicles the grueling shifts faced by health-care workers in a fictional Pittsburgh hospital emergency room.
  
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• Authorities ID police recruit killed Ontario crash that seriously injured another

  08-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Authorities in Durham Region have identified the police recruit who died in a car crash that also seriously injured another recruit on Tuesday.
  
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• Education minister visit Sudbury schools to highlight reborn resource officer program

  08-07-2026 18:18 via sudbury.com
  
  Paul Calandra pays a quiet visit to Sudbury for photo ops on Ontario program that requires school boards to put police officers in schools
  
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• Northern Lights Festival this weekend: everything you need to know

  08-07-2026 18:12 via thesudburystar.com
  
  After months of uncertainty, Michelle Murray is optimistic about the future of Northern Lights Festival Boreal , both in the short and long term.“The outlook for the festival is fantastic,” said Murray, executive director for Canada’s longest-running outdoor music festival, reached while setting up for this weekend’s 55th edition of the festival at Bell Park. “We have one of the best lineups we’ve ever had. We have three female headliners, we have a lot of Ca
  
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• TOIVONEN, Henrica “R iekie’’

  08-07-2026 18:08 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with heavy hearts the family of Henrica “Riekie” Toivonen announce her passing in Medicine Hat on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Born in Limburg, Netherlands, Riekie immigrated to Canada with the Cremers
  
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• Toll from B.C. fishing charter sinking rises as woman dies in hospital

  08-07-2026 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  RICHMOND — One of four people rescued after a fishing charter boat sinking off Metro Vancouver has died in hospital, bringing the suspected death toll to seven.Mounties in Richmond, B.C.
  
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• Memory Lane: The unsolved mystery of the stolen A.Y. Jackson masterpieces

  08-07-2026 17:23 via sudbury.com
  
  Back in August 1974, two paintings by A.Y. Jackson, a member of the iconic Group of Seven, were stolen from the office of Sudbury Secondary School — the paintings have never been seen again and to this day, the mystery remains a captivating piece of local history
  
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• U.S. approves 'emergency rescue' plan to import Marineland's whales and dolphins

  08-07-2026 17:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A U.S. consortium of aquariums says the American government has approved an "emergency rescue" to import Marineland's whales and dolphins, the last such captive animals in Canada.
  The shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont.
  
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• Psychologist accused of sexually assaulting child during session in Markham, Ont.

  08-07-2026 16:50 via sudbury.com
  
  MARKHAM — York Region police say they have charged a 61-year-old psychologist in a sexual assault case involving a child at a clinic in Markham, Ont.
  
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• Cargo plane wreckage found off Pakistan's coast as search continues for 5 missing crew

  08-07-2026 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Civilian and navy searchers off Pakistan's coast Wednesday located and recovered wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi, and a search continues for five missing crew members, officia
  
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• Celebration of Life: ROBERTSON, James “Neil”

  08-07-2026 16:33 via sudbury.com
  
  May 8, 1949-June 21, 2026 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Neil Robertson at the age of 77, after a battle with cancer. Please join us in a Celebration of Life on July 18th, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The garage style
  
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• ‘It’s cruel’: Less than a quarter of waitlisted children and youth receiving autism funding

  08-07-2026 15:36 via sudbury.com
  
  Figure hasn’t budged in recent years; company handling intake missed several targets
  
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