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• Crowds, culture and celebrations: fans look back on Canada hosting the World Cup

  07-07-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Fans, volunteers, supporters and officials are sharing their favourite memories of the World Cup as Vancouver hosts Colombia and Switzerland in the final match of the tournament to be held in Canada.
  
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• MANUEL, Bernice

  10-07-2026 01:31 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with deep sadness the family of Bernice Dorothy Manuel (nee Pulchinski) announces her passing at the Wildpine Retirement Residence in Stittsville (Ottawa) on Sunday, July 5th, 2026, at the age of 92
  
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• Local businesspeople round out Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce leadership

  10-07-2026 00:00 via sudbury.com
  
  The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce announced its 2026-27 board of directors during a recent ceremony
  
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• B.C. First Nation challenges dredging plan to accommodate larger tankers in Vancouver

  09-07-2026 23:50 via sudbury.com
  
  NORTH VANCOUVER — A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a legal challenge against a plan by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to dredge Burrard Inlet to make room for oil tankers with larger loads to operate.
  
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• 8 men indicted in planned drone and sniper attack on White House UFC cage-fighting show

  09-07-2026 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June.
  
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• Toronto bus driver hurt in 'violent assault', suspect arrested on the scene

  09-07-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say a suspect has been charged with assault with a weapon after a city bus driver was attacked.
  Police say they were called to Wilson Station Wednesday evening for a report that a driver was being assaulted.
  
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• CN Rail says safety is top priority as service resumes after Quebec train derailment

  09-07-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  CN Rail says safety is its top priority, as train service resumes following a derailment on the edge of a suburban residential area northeast of Montreal.
  Repentigny, Que.
  
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• Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87

  09-07-2026 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87.
  
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• Councillor calls for review of Greater Sudbury’s deeply affordable housing progress

  09-07-2026 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  After championing the Roadmap to End Homelessness by 2030, Ward 5 Coun. Mike Parent told Sudbury he’s not feeling as hopeful about the timeline as he once was, which is why he wants to prepare the next council by asking staff to review the city’s affordable housing inventory
  
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• B.C. Conservative candidate tells Poilievre to 'unite, not divide' after Stampede jab

  09-07-2026 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The woman who narrowly lost the race to become B.C. Conservative leader is pushing back at Pierre Poilievre's recent jab about her campaign team.
  
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• Canada announces $6.7M for mining innovation at NORCAT in Sudbury

  09-07-2026 22:07 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Melanie Joly used her first-ever visit to NORCAT , Sudbury’s centre for technology and innovation, as an opportunity to announce government funding for cutting-edge digital tools to advance more precise mineral extraction and improve ecological restoration.Canada’s minister of industry and minister responsible for economic development for Quebec Regions, Joly announced a total of $6.7 million in federal funding through Digital, Canada’s Digital Technology Cluster, to be divide
  
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• McNAMARA, Mary

  09-07-2026 22:01 via sudbury.com
  
  Mary Patricia Ann McNamara (née Quilty)It is with deep sadness and immense gratitude for a life well lived that we announce the passing of Mary Patricia Ann McNamara (née Quilty).
  
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• Over 70 Montreal households in emergency housing as affordability in city gets worse

  09-07-2026 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — A little over a week after Quebec's unofficial moving day, 71 households in Montreal remain in emergency housing — almost twice as many last year when there 40 in that situation.
  
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• Missing man found deceased in Worthington

  09-07-2026 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  There is no suspicion of criminality or foul play, Greater Sudbury Police Service said in a media release
  
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• Mayor wants Sudbury to host the Memorial Cup in 2030

  09-07-2026 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  The new downtown event centre is slated to open by late 2028, which Mayor Paul Lefebvre said will open the doors for Sudbury to host events ‘we’d never even thought could come here’
  
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• Court rules confidentiality clause for air travel complaints violates Charter

  09-07-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  An Ontario Superior Court judge has struck down a rule that blocks travellers from sharing the outcome of passenger complaints made to the country’s transport regulator.
  
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• $8-million settlement proposed in national beef price-fixing class-action

  09-07-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Canadians who bought beef after 2015 could be eligible for a share of nearly $8 million as part of a proposed settlement with companies over allegations of price fixing.
  
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• Video aired in court shows Charlie Kirk killing suspect told roommate 'he wishes he hadn't done it'

  09-07-2026 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — The defendant in Charlie Kirk’s killing toldhis roommate“he wishes he hadn’t done it” the day afterKirk was shot in the neckwhile speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University, according to a recording played in a Utah cour
  
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• Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing said 'he wishes he hadn't done it,' roommate says in police video

  09-07-2026 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — The defendant in Charlie Kirk’s killing toldhis roommate“he wishes he hadn’t done it” the day afterKirk was shot in the neckwhile speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University, according to a recording played in a Utah cour
  
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• Union flags staffing concerns within Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services

  09-07-2026 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Staff attraction and retention is an ongoing concern, Greater Sudbury Paramedic Chief Aaron Archibald said, and ‘It’s going to take some time to really work at fixing those issues’
  
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• Trucking industry actors applaud stricter rules for Ontario drivers in Quebec

  09-07-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTRÉAL — Quebec trucking industry actors are praising the provincial government's decision to tighten rules for Ontario truck drivers in an effort to curb dangerous driving.
  
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• Quebec population projected to dip until 2029 before stabilizing: statistics group

  09-07-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec's statistics institute is projecting that the province's population will decline slightly in the next few years before stabilizing.
  
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• Quebec introducing new rules targeting inadequately trained Ontario truck drivers

  09-07-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTRÉAL — The Quebec government says it is tightening the rules to curb dangerous trucking, particularly for drivers from Ontario.
  
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• Toronto social housing complex revived after standing empty for 18 years

  09-07-2026 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  ETOBICOKE — A Toronto community housing complex will soon be ready to welcome new tenants, 18 years after recurrent flooding and mould shuttered the site.
  
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• Canada objects to Olympics loosening restrictions on Russia athletes amid Ukraine war

  09-07-2026 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is objecting to the International Olympic Committee loosening its suspension on Russian athletes.
  
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• Prime: Be like Ben, let music keep your mind fit as a fiddle

  09-07-2026 19:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Benjamin Franklin wore many hats — publisher, inventor, statesman, diplomat — but he was also a musician who worked to keep his mind active all through his life by trying and learning new things, a tactic that is a good strategy for all of us
  
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• Sudbury pathologist Kona Williams appointed to the Order of Canada

  09-07-2026 18:49 via thesudburystar.com
  
  By Lucas-Matthew MarshDr. Kona Williams has been named to the Order of Canada in recognition of her groundbreaking work helping Indigenous nations navigate the forensic pathology investigation system.Williams told Iorì:wase that she learned of the honour in April but was required to keep the news a secret, sharing it only with a few close family members.“I had to sit down because I’m gonna fall over,” Williams recalled upon hearing the news, asking herself: “Am I
  
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• 'Like a Biblical event': Raging wildfire destroys buildings near Boston Bar, B.C.

  09-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  BOSTON BAR — Shayne Findlay, the owner of Blue Lake Resort, near Boston Bar, B.C., says "the wind was in charge" as a wildfire roared through the property on Tuesday night, destroying several buildings, including the home of the resort manager.
  
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• Diarrhea-causing parasite infecting more than 1,200 in Michigan has not spread to Canada: PHAC

  09-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The Public Health Agency of Canada says the outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite that has infected more than 1,200 people in Michigan has not spread to Canada based on current information.
  
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• Buildings destroyed as raging wildfire complex near Boston Bar, B.C., soars in size

  09-07-2026 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  BOSTON BAR — A raging wildfire complex near Boston Bar, B.C., has destroyed a number of buildings and has grown significantly to almost 200 square kilometres.
  
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