Greater Sudbury news

• B.C. man who murdered hitchhiking Belgian tourist gets life sentence

  20-11-2019 03:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A British Columbia man who murdered a Belgian tourist has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 23 years.
  
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• Photos: Red hot Wolves sweep homestand with a 5-3 victory

  09-12-2019 00:53 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Barrie Colts defeated for the third time in the team's three season matchups
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued in anticipation of freezing rain

  09-12-2019 00:15 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Conditions expected to be the most severe between the Sudbury and Elliot Lake and areas north of North Bay
  
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• Province unveils forestry strategy

  08-12-2019 23:00 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Competitiveness, red tape reduction, innovation, sustainability highlight government’s draft plan
  
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• Photos: Sudbury shuffles along with Santa raising $18K for Cedar Place

  08-12-2019 20:55 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Annual Santa Shuffle returns to Collège Boréal in support of Cedar Place woman and family shelter
  
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• Quebec Premier Francois Legault heads to Hollywood to talk carbon and business

  08-12-2019 20:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  LOS ANGELES — After a tumultous legislature session, Quebec Premier Francois Legault is heading to Hollywood and Silicon Valley, where the future of his province's troubled carbon market with California will figure high on his agenda.
  
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• Conservatives urge Morneau to deliver 'urgent' fall economic update

  08-12-2019 20:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives are calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to deliver an "urgent" fall economic update, including a plan to get back to balance.
  
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• Conservative urge Morneau to deliver 'urgent' fall economic update

  08-12-2019 20:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  OTTAWA — The Conservatives are calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to deliver an "urgent" fall economic update, including a plan to get back to balance.
  
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• Photos: GSPS trade cruisers for carts for Shop with a Cop

  08-12-2019 19:00 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Local children treated to breakfast and a shopping spree at Walmart
  
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• $600K of your tax dollars helped fund 34 arts, culture groups this year

  08-12-2019 18:00 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Deadline to apply for 2020 grants is Feb. 6, 2020
  
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• Police watchdog investigates shooting involving cop during car theft

  08-12-2019 17:36 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says it's investigating after an officer allegedly shot a man while pursuing a stolen vehicle in Toronto. The Special Investigations Unit says the incident happened early Sunday at 1:30 a.m.
  
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• Animal activists arrested at Quebec pork facility vow to continue fight

  08-12-2019 17:36 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  One of 11 animal rights activists who were arrested after occupying a pig farm east of Montreal on Saturday says her group will continue to push the Quebec and Canadian governments to end industrial pork production.
  
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• Ontario court to hear challenge to prison needle ban this week

  08-12-2019 17:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  A constitutional challenge to the federal government's refusal to provide clean needles in prisons is set to be heard by an Ontario court this week.
  
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• Dunlop chosen to co-lead province's human trafficking strategy

  08-12-2019 17:00 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Human trafficking 'is happening here,' says Dunlop, noting province's plan includes $20M in annual funding to support victims and step up enforcement
  
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• SNL skewers Trudeau's mockery of Trump in high school cafeteria sketch

  08-12-2019 16:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  TORONTO — NBC's "Saturday Night Live" has skewered a recent incident of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mocking U.S. President Donald Trump in a skit likening it to gossip and bullying in a high school cafeteria.
  
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• Rescue dogs come to Canada in search of forever families

  08-12-2019 16:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  There were dozens of dogs in the back of the van travelling the 1,400 kilometres from Tennessee to the Greater Toronto Area — and one of them was a barker.
  
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• Legault government invokes closure to pass Hydro-Quebec rates bill

  08-12-2019 16:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  QUEBEC — The Quebec government has invoked closure to pass legislation that will allow it to take control of the rates charged for electricity in the province.
  
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• Family calls for inquest into suicide of Indigenous teen in government care

  08-12-2019 16:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  The circumstances that allowed an Indigenous teenager to take his own life metres from his group home and go undiscovered for months can only be remedied by an inquest from the Ontario coroner, according to a request from the boy's loved ones.
  
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• Friends band together to host food, clothing and blanket drive for those less fortunate

  08-12-2019 15:59 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Donations accepted across Greater Sudbury until Dec. 19
  
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• Sudbury workplace health and safety centre injects more life into lab testing

  08-12-2019 15:09 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  Laurentian University's CROSH lab unveils robotic safety simulator, virtual reality technology at December open house
  
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• One dead, two hurt after shooting on Toronto highway on Saturday evening

  08-12-2019 15:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  TORONTO — Police say one of three men shot on a Toronto highway has died. Toronto police say the men suffered serious injuries after a shooting involving two moving vehicles near the south end of Highway 400 on Saturday evening.
  
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• Kovrig clings to humour as 'two Michaels' near one year in Chinese prison

  08-12-2019 14:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian prisoner Michael Kovrig is trying to hold on to a sense of humour as he and fellow countryman Michael Spavor approach one year in solitary confinement in China, says Kovrig's current boss.
  
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• Dark clouds bring promise of precipitation

  08-12-2019 11:00 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  A steady temperature of plus one expected throughout the day and into the night
  
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• Brain injury from domestic abuse a 'public health crisis,' says B.C. researcher

  08-12-2019 10:05 via Sudbury.com: sudbury
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia mother in her late 30s says there was "no support in sight" after she suffered two serious blows to the head at the hands of different partners more than a decade ago. "I was exhausted.
  
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• YES Theatre's Mary Poppins opens Dec. 12 in Sudbury

  08-12-2019 09:42 via Local News – Sudbury Star
  
  YES Theatre and its artistic director, Alessandro Costantini, call Mary Poppins the perfect family musical. And they hope to have selected the perfect cast for YES Theatre’s orchestra production of the classical family tale, which opens Dec. 12. Read More
  
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• Sudbury Theatre Centre's A Christmas Carol a delight

  08-12-2019 09:36 via Local News – Sudbury Star
  
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• Sudbury faith: Christmas is both simple and miraculous

  08-12-2019 09:26 via Local News – Sudbury Star
  
  I like Christmas stories. Read More
  
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• Rainbow schools in Sudbury area collect more than 18,000 clothing items

  08-12-2019 09:18 via Local News – Sudbury Star
  
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• Lougheed family backs Sudbury's Kettle campaign

  08-12-2019 09:13 via Local News – Sudbury Star
  
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• Sudbury letter: Church about money and control

  08-12-2019 09:07 via Local News – Sudbury Star
  
  I feel compelled to write after what I heard on the radio Nov. 17. Read More
  
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