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• Bernie Bouffard, founder of Sudbury’s Bay Used Books, has passed away

  20-11-2025 20:03 via sudbury.com
  
  Bernie and Fran Bouffard bought a confectionery store in 1975 and gradually turned it into the iconic local used bookstore
  
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• Florida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion

  10-12-2025 00:35 via sudbury.com
  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing and beating a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m.
  
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• Liberal MP Gould opts not to make bid for Ontario party leadership

  10-12-2025 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Ontario Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Karina Gould says she will not seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party.
  
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• Toronto police officer charged with theft, breach of trust

  09-12-2025 23:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say they've charged one of their officers with theft after they allegedly stole property at a downtown police office.Police allege the constable was working at the 52 Division front desk on Sept.
  
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• Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., resigning next year

  09-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., says she will end her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year.Hillman helped lead the renegotiation of the continental free trade agreement during U.S.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Kirsten Hillman, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., resigning next year

  09-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Kirsten Hillman, who has been Canada's ambassador to the U.S. for six years, says she is ending her tenure in Washington, D.C., in the new year.
  
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• Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt and a suspect in custody, officials say

  09-12-2025 23:05 via sudbury.com
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Police say a shooting at Kentucky State University has left one person dead and one in critical condition on Tuesday.A suspect was in custody, according to the governor’s office.
  
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• B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence

  09-12-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia's attorney general has announced new provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation "a step toward justice.
  
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• TOPOLINSKI, Viola

  09-12-2025 22:15 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with great sadness and heavy hearts, that we announce the passing of Viola at the Elizabeth Centre
  
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• UPCHAN, Francis

  09-12-2025 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  1943-2025 In Loving Memory of Francis Richard “Frank” Upchan, Age 81.Francis Richard Upchan, 81, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, December 8th, 2025.
  
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• San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police

  09-12-2025 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old youth killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in the U.S.
  
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• SPCA vet clinic marks 565 surgeries in first few months

  09-12-2025 21:44 via thesudburystar.com
  A new vet clinic operated by the SPCA in Sudbury is already making a big difference. One could even say dif-fur-ence. Located at the College Boreal campus, the clinic offers spay/neuter and basic veterinary services for publicly owned dogs and cats, local rescue organizations, and animals in the care of the SPCA. “Since opening its doors in July, the clinic has performed 565 spay/neuter surgeries, preventing an estimated 31,720 potentially unwanted offspring,” the SPCA said in a rele
  
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• Thinking about downsizing? What to know about condo living in South Guelph

  09-12-2025 21:38 via village-life.ca
  
  Five things to know for anyone exploring move-in-ready condo living in South Guelph
  
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• Orkin says Sudbury is Ontario’s 5th ‘rattiest’ city

  09-12-2025 21:34 via sudbury.com
  
  Pest control company releases its yearly list of the most rat-infested communities in Canada
  
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• Quebec tables bill to help speed up major projects, mirroring Ottawa, other provinces

  09-12-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  QUÉBEC — Quebec tabled its own bill Tuesday to expedite large-scale projects in the province, one that would allow the province to amend some 30 laws to allow the realization of projects deemed of national interest.
  
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• Laurentian creditors’ money in hands of monitor, but no word on cheques

  09-12-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  ‘Not quite sure what the holdup is,’ says staff union president
  
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• Inspired by Ottawa, Quebec tabling bill to help cut red tape around major projects

  09-12-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  QUÉBEC — Inspired by the federal government, Quebec is tabling its own provincial bill to expedite large scale projects in the province.
  
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• Academics call on minister to get Palestinian students out of Gaza

  09-12-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A group of academics and activists wants the federal government to help Palestinians accepted for postgraduate studies in Canada get out of Gaza, but the immigration minister says she can't do that alone.
  
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• Academics call on immigration minister to get Palestinian students out of Gaza

  09-12-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A group of academics and activists wants the federal government to help Palestinians accepted for postgraduate studies in Canada get out of Gaza - but the immigration minister says she can't do that alone.
  
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• Three Espanolans charged with trafficking, possession of stolen items 

  09-12-2025 20:49 via thesudburystar.com
  Police have seized drugs worth more than $100,000 and charged three Espanola residents with trafficking offences. Manitoulin OPP said it received information in the fall about narcotics being peddled out of a residence on Bois Street in Espanola.  On Thursday, the OPP’s street crime unit, with help from emergency response and canine units, executed a search warrant at the home. Police seized a quantity of cocaine with an estimated street value of $101,500, along with crystal meth and
  
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• Letter: A tribute to dedicated homecare workers

  09-12-2025 20:37 via sudbury.com
  
  Reader tips his hat to the hardworking nurses and personal support workers who provide care in people’s homes
  
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• City provides funds to support hosting of 2 major curling events

  09-12-2025 20:22 via sudbury.com
  
  Greater Sudbury is hosting by the 206 World Junior Mixed Doubles Curling Championships and the 2026 New Holland Canadian U20 Curling Championship in the new year
  
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• Naughty but not illegal: Police respond to anti-Santa signs at Brantford parade

  09-12-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  BRANTFORD — Police in a city west of Toronto say they were flooded with complaints from upset residents the day of their annual Christmas parade, after one person bound for Santa's naughty list tried to spoil the magic of the season.
  
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• Ford defends funding to company now in the midst of police investigation

  09-12-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending the funding his government gave to a company now under police investigation after the province identified "irregularities.
  
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• BALLANTYNE, Nancy

  09-12-2025 20:06 via sudbury.com
  
  In memory of Nancy Ballantyne (nee Green) who died peacefully and with dignity on Monday, December 8, 2025, at the age of 85.
  
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• Ride-hailing companies like Uber should face more municipal scrutiny: Halifax report

  09-12-2025 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  HALIFAX — Uber drivers in Halifax could soon be subjected to more scrutiny under changes proposed for the region’s vehicle-for-hire regulations.
  
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• Fact File: 'Fake snow' that doesn't melt when burned has scientific explanation

  09-12-2025 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Several videos posted online last week showed people burning snow with a lighter and questioning why the snow turned black and didn't seem to melt. Some social media users claimed the snow was fake and "geo-engineered.
  
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• Former Sudbury woman posted topless images of woman on social media

  09-12-2025 19:40 via thesudburystar.com
  For briefly posting on social media topless photographs of a woman she knew, a former Sudbury woman has been issued a conditional discharge. “I have been in counselling: I haven’t stopped,” Sasha Raymond, 39, and a resident of Timmins, told Ontario Court Justice Julie Lefebvre via Zoom link. “It has helped immensely. I am deeply remorseful for my actions.” Raymond had pleaded guilty to printing or publishing intimate images without a person’s consent in Sudbur
  
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• Pair caught breaking into multi-unit building in Sturgeon Falls

  09-12-2025 19:25 via thesudburystar.com
  Police have charged two people with breaking into a residential complex in Sturgeon Falls. Nipissing West OPP said they responded around 1:45 a.m. on Monday to the break-in in progress at a multi-unit building on Queen Street. “Police attended the location and located the two individuals involved in the break and enter,” the OPP said in a release. Austin Wight, 31, from Brighton, and Justine Beaulieu, 27, from West Nipissing, were each charged with break and enter, as well as mischie
  
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• Naval member rescued off Vancouver Island after spending more than two hours in water

  09-12-2025 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — A member of the Royal Canadian Navy spent more than two hours in the waters off Vancouver Island after falling overboard.
  
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