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• Be prepared to be really annoyed Wednesday afternoon

  24-11-2020 21:45 via sudbury.com
  
  The CRTC will test its National Public Alerting System
  
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• Three Sudbury long-term care homes being offered COVID-19 vaccines

  27-01-2021 23:30 via sudbury.com
  
  Residents of Pioneer Manor, Extendicare York and Extendicare Falconbridge all being offered Moderna vaccine
  
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• Sentinels of the forest (3 photos)

  27-01-2021 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  This week, Back Roads Bill looks at fire towers and would like to hear from you about your favourite fire tower locations as well as details about the view
  
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• Drug charge against former Sudbury reporter being diverted

  27-01-2021 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  It means it is being dealt with out of court, and will likely be dropped or dismissed
  
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• Students who report sexual violence can't be asked about sexual history: Ontario govt

  27-01-2021 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario is moving to bar colleges and universities from asking students who report sexual violence or harassment about their sexual history.
  
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• Carved stone pillar found on B.C. beach identified as Indigenous artifact

  27-01-2021 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — The Royal B.C. Museum says it has confirmed a carved stone pillar found at low tide on a beach in Victoria last summer is an Indigenous artifact.
  
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• Public Health Sudbury reports five new COVID-19 cases Jan. 27

  27-01-2021 22:23 via sudbury.com
  
  Health unit says there are now 82 active cases being monitored 
  
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• Wiikwemkoong Tribal Police chief charged with sexual assault, report

  27-01-2021 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Anyone with information regarding this incident urged to call OPP
  
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• Canadian man charged in U.S. with NetWalker ransomware attacks

  27-01-2021 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — An investigation into a scourge of NetWalker ransomware attacks has led to the arrest of a Canadian man, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
  
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• PORKOLA, Sirkka

  27-01-2021 21:56 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear Mother, Mummu and Iso Mummu. Sirkka was born on January 27, 1944 in Sievi, Finland and she passed away on January 26, 2021.
  
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• HABEL, Fernand

  27-01-2021 21:53 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Fernand Habel, 46 years who passed away on January 22, 2021 in Sudbury. Beloved son of Fernand Aubin and Yollande Jeanveau both predeceased. Loving brother of Roger Aubin predeceased, Joe-Anne Pelissier and Rose-Anne Constable.
  
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• Gentili: That time I went to Hornepayne for a train derailment and got lost in the bush (for a time)

  27-01-2021 21:53 via sudbury.com
  
  Sudbury.com editor Mark Gentili tells a story from the early days of his career
  
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• Senate to resume six days later than planned in due to COVID-19 pandemic

  27-01-2021 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Senate will be reopening for business nearly a week later than planned, partly in response to the surging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate Speaker George Furey is extending the adjournment period until Feb.
  
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• More southern Alberta communities voice concern over province's plans to expand coal

  27-01-2021 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Concern over the Alberta government's decision to drop a coal policy that has protected the eastern slopes of the Rockies for decades is growing among area communities At least six cities, towns and municipal districts in southwest Alberta have now e
  
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• Alberta border agents made record meth bust after pulling over produce truck

  27-01-2021 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  COUTTS, Alta. — The Canada Border Services Agency says officers in southern Alberta made the country's largest-ever methamphetamine seizure at a land border crossing last month.
  
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• ‘We will pay this forward’: Guilletville family overwhelmed by generosity after house fire

  27-01-2021 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Sadly, the family’s cat, Bruce, perished in the fire; home is a ‘total loss’ 
  
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• DYER, Mark

  27-01-2021 20:37 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with extreme sadness that the family announces the sudden and unexpected passing of Mark Dyer at his residence in Onaping, ON on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at the age of 47 years. Adored father of Kamdyn Dyer.
  
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• Report into police shooting of Rodney Levi called 'infuriating' by First Nation chief

  27-01-2021 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  FREDERICTON — The chief of a New Brunswick First Nation that was home to a man killed by the RCMP last year says it was infuriating to learn Tuesday that no criminal charges would be laid in the case.
  
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• Motorist charged with illegal use of emergency red and blue lights

  27-01-2021 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  CALEDON, Ont. — Police in Caledon, Ont., say a vehicle using emergency red and blue lighting roared by a patrolling cruiser on Highway 410. The officer pulled the vehicle over and, after investigating, seized two emergency light bars.
  
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• Kingston-area resident caught U.K. variant on visit to Simcoe-Muskoka: top doctor

  27-01-2021 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Officials say the first person who tested positive for a variant of COVID-19 in the Kingston, Ont., area caught it through community spread in a different region that's grappling with over 100 likely cases of the more infections strain.
  
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• EU health official blasts slow vaccine delivery, and is consulting with Canada

  27-01-2021 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is being urged to follow the tough talk of Europe's health minister, who Wednesday accused a vaccine company of not living up to its moral and legal obligations because of delivery delays.
  
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• Discarded PPE a new and growing issue, says University of Guelph study

  27-01-2021 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  The study found PPE concentrated in areas such as grocery stores, parking lots, areas around hospitals, residential streets and trails
  
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• This week in Sudbury.com+: Last chance to come Home and still time to be published across the Village network

  27-01-2021 19:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Plus a brand new giveaway, attempting to cover a train derailment, and tell us your love story
  
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• Police officer's leg broken, assault charges sought after dispute over mask order

  27-01-2021 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Vancouver police say an officer broke his leg in a confrontation after a man refused to wear a mask inside a courthouse. Const. Tania Visintin says the officer was injured when the man fell on him while being taken into custody.
  
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• Ontario, Quebec maintain downward trend in daily COVID-19 cases

  27-01-2021 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — New COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada's two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease.
  
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• Ontario, Quebec keep downward trend in daily COVID-19 cases; variants cause concern

  27-01-2021 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Amid concerns about the emergence of variant strains, new COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada's two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease.
  
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• SEVERIN, Chad

  27-01-2021 19:32 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Chad Severin on January 23, 2021. Beloved father to Leah (predeceased 2000). Loving son of Earl Severin (predeceased 2014) and Francoise Seguin (Claude).
  
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• COVID-19 positive Canada Post worker dies as Mississauga facility fights outbreak

  27-01-2021 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  A Canada Post worker who contracted COVID-19 amid a major outbreak at a Mississauga, Ont., facility has died, the company announced Wednesday, as the union representing postal workers demanded its members be kept safe.
  
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• Canada scrambling for smaller syringes ahead of expected Pfizer vaccine label change

  27-01-2021 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's procurement department is scrambling to source smaller syringes for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating that Health Canada will agree to change the label to say each vial of the precious substance contains six doses inste
  
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• Canada Post worker dies from COVID-19 as Mississauga, Ont., facility fights outbreak

  27-01-2021 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A Canada Post worker at a Mississauga, Ont., facility hit by a major virus outbreak has died from COVID-19. Canada Post confirmed the death Wednesday.
  
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