Greater Sudbury news

• B.C. requires witness for those using supply drugs to stop diversion to streets

  02-12-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — Rules are being tightened for British Columbia's overdose-prevention safe supply program to require a witness when a user takes their drugs in an effort to stop the pills from being sold on the streets.
  
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• Soccer fans buzzing as World Cup schedule announced for Toronto, Vancouver

  06-12-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — Foreign nationals in Vancouver and Toronto are buzzing with excitement as the cities gear up to host a slate of national teams as part of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.
  
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• Employee and patron allegedly stabbed each other in TTC assault last month: police

  06-12-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say two people are facing aggravated assault charges after an incident in a downtown subway station that saw a TTC employee and patron allegedly stab each other.
  
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• Egyptians are buzzing as B.C. Place hosts Egypt, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium

  06-12-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — Hany Elheniedy says soccer flows through the blood of Egyptians and he cannot wait for June 21, 2026, when Vancouver's B.C. Place hosts Egypt and New Zealand as part of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.
  
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• Alberta's Smith says courts should not be gatekeepers on constitutional questions

  06-12-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  EDMONTON —
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says those seeking an independence referendum should not have "gatekeepers," like the courts, standing in their way.
  
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• GoFundMe for Sudbury businessman who lost St. Charles home in fire

  06-12-2025 21:02 via thesudburystar.com
  Community members have rallied around a Greater Sudbury business owner and his family after their home in the St. Charles area was destroyed by fire this past Wednesday. A GoFundMe campaign organized by Michaela Burns, the stepdaughter of Joe Scagnetti, had raised more than $4,000 towards its $25,000 goal as of Saturday afternoon. “In the early morning of Dec. 3, my beloved stepdad suffered a great loss when he woke up at 7 a.m. and his house was on fire,” Burns wrote on the fundrais
  
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• At least 18 migrants die as inflatable boat sinks south of Greek island of Crete; 2 rescued

  06-12-2025 20:35 via sudbury.com
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Thirty-six years after École Polytechnique, women still face deadly violence

  06-12-2025 20:01 via sudbury.com
  
  Sudburians gather to remember those killed in 1989 Montréal massacre, and reflect on the current reality
  
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• Logging roads: The overlooked infrastructure powering northern Ontario

  06-12-2025 16:30 via sudbury.com
  
  'Use at your own risk' signs mark them—but behind those warnings lies a vast network that fuels billions in revenue, supports thousands of jobs, and connects Ontarians with nature like no other highway can
  
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• Sudbury driver got drunk the night before, falls asleep on way home

  06-12-2025 16:28 via thesudburystar.com
  For ending up in the ditch following a night of heavy drinking, a Sudbury man has been fined $2,000.
    Richard Potvin also lost his licence for one year after pleading guilty to blowing over 80.
    “Since I have been a judge for the last 17 years, the number of people charged with drinking and driving offences has gone up every year, every single year, despite the fact the penalties, as a whole, are much worse than in 2008 … Yet people still think they can drink a
  
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• Sudbury region loses 900 full-time jobs in November: StatsCan

  06-12-2025 16:06 via thesudburystar.com
  Although Greater Sudbury’s unemployment rate stayed the same, the region lost 400 jobs in November, Statistics Canada says. Greater Sudbury’s economy lost 900 full-time jobs last month, the federal agency said. Combined with a gain of 500 part-time positions, this led to a decrease of 400 total jobs in November. However, Greater Sudbury’s unemployment rate remained at 6.6 per cent, the same as October, and a sign that fewer people in the region are looking for work. The unemplo
  
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• Man shot by Toronto police at GO station, SIU called in

  06-12-2025 15:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Police in Toronto say they've called in Ontario's police watchdog to investigate after a man was shot early this morning at a train station.
  
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• Man dead after being shot by Toronto police at GO station, SIU called in

  06-12-2025 15:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Police in Toronto say they've called in Ontario's police watchdog to investigate after a man was shot early this morning at a train station.
  
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• Photos: Holidays kick off at Tom Davies Square with tree-lighting

  06-12-2025 15:22 via sudbury.com
  
  Hundreds gather to watch Merry and Bright tree turn on for the season - and enjoy some yummy Beaver Tails
  
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• Special weather statement for area with heavy snow coming

  06-12-2025 14:54 via sudbury.com
  
  About 10 cm expected this morning, Environment Canada says
  
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• Advocates demand answers about billboards with facial detection tech

  06-12-2025 14:27 via sudbury.com
  
  Several groups signed an open letter to a company running billboards that record passerby to generate statistics about their estimated age and sex
  
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• Mass shooting at a South African bar leaves 11 dead, including 3 children

  06-12-2025 13:35 via sudbury.com
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 11 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
  
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• 11 killed in a mass shooting at a South African bar

  06-12-2025 13:35 via sudbury.com
  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At least 11 people, including three children, were killed in a mass shooting at a bar in a township near the South African administrative capital of Pretoria, police said on Saturday.
  
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• Wolves bite Sting in home victory

  06-12-2025 12:31 via sudbury.com
  
  Goalie Chartier impressive in leading Sudbury to 3-1 victory
  
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• Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more

  06-12-2025 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Montrealers and others across the country paused to pay tribute Saturday to the 14 women who were murdered at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago simply because they were women.
  The prime minister acknowledged there was much left to do.
  
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• Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.

  06-12-2025 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prominent Russian democracy activists are urging Ottawa to resettle dozens of their peers who tried to claim asylum in the U.S. and now face deportation and imprisonment in Russia.
  
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• Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada today

  06-12-2025 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders are set to gather at Montreal's airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection.
  
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• Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada

  06-12-2025 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection at Montreal's airport Saturday.
  
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• Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

  06-12-2025 12:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Polytechnique Montréal and others across the country will pay tribute today to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-feminist attack.
  
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• THE PAIKIN PODCAST: Will the Carney Liberals actually build a pipeline?

  06-12-2025 04:23 via sudbury.com
  
  Hosted by one of Canada's most respected journalists, Steve Paikin's new podcast is featured here every Saturday morning in cooperation with Village Media
  
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• Search for grizzly behind 'extraordinary attack' on B.C. school group is called off

  06-12-2025 01:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that left four with severe injuries.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Conservation officers call off search for bear involved in B.C. attack

  06-12-2025 01:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Conservation officers in British Columbia say they are no longer actively trying to capture the bear responsible for attacking a school group last month.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• Conservation officers call off search for grizzly that attacked B.C. school group

  06-12-2025 01:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Conservation officers in British Columbia say they are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for attacking a group of schoolchildren and teachers last month.A statement from the B.C.
  
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• First military procurements managed by Defence Investment Agency revealed

  06-12-2025 00:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency.
  
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• Canada drops terror sanctions on Syria and its interim government

  06-12-2025 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is dropping its terror listing for the group that has governed Syria since the ouster of dictator Bashar Assad one year ago.
  
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