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• GoFundMe campaign started following devastating tragedy in Sudbury

  06-09-2026 22:03 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A crowdfunding campaign has been started to support the family who lost two sons killed in a two-vehicle collision in Hanmer on Saturday.“There are no words that can truly express the heartbreak of losing a child, let alone two children at once,” Angie Servant of Capreol said on the GoFundMe page, set up for the parents of Ordyn and Drake York. “Their family is facing an unimaginable amount of pain and grief as they try to navigate the days ahead.“We are creating this Go
  
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• Sudbury still target for Wyloo’s nickel-processing plant: spokesperson

  12-09-2026 18:04 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Wyloo is still targeting Greater Sudbury as an ideal location for a facility to process electric vehicle battery materials from its Eagle’s Nest mine in the Ring of Fire region, a spokesperson from the Australian mineral developer said in an email to The Star.An estimated opening date and cost were not identified for the proposed facility, which was first announced when Wyloo signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Greater Sudbury to secure a parcel of land in 2024, with sup
  
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• Major project proposed for Val Therese property

  12-09-2026 17:16 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A large swath of undeveloped land near the intersection of Desmarais Road and Kenneth Drive in Val Therese could soon be transformed into hundreds of new homes.Norman and Georgette Paquette will go before the planning committee next week, seeking an amendment to the official plan, as well as rezoning from future development to medium-density residential and limited general commercial.Rezoning will enable the construction of “247 residential units and commercial uses, such as a retail and
  
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• Two brothers, two big hearts: Remembering Ordyn and Drake York - Updated

  12-09-2026 00:26 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Visitation will be held Saturday, and a celebration of life on Sunday for two brothers killed last weekend in a two-vehicle accident in Hanmer.Family and friends are remembering two young men – Ordyn and Drake York, 21 and 20, respectively – full of life and love.“From the moment Ordyn entered this world, he lived life at full throttle,” his obituary noted. “He was zero to one hundred from birth, with endless energy, an adventurous spirit, and a passion for anythin
  
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• Two brothers, two big hearts: Remembering Ordyn and Drake York

  12-09-2026 00:26 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Visitation will be held Saturday, and a celebration of life on Sunday for two brothers killed last weekend in a two-vehicle accident in Hanmer.Family and friends are remembering two young men – Ordyn and Drake York, 21 and 20, respectively – full of life and love.“From the moment Ordyn entered this world, he lived life at full throttle,” his obituary noted. “He was zero to one hundred from birth, with endless energy, an adventurous spirit, and a passion for anythin
  
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• Sudbury ‘being sacrificed’ so jobs can move south: WSIB workers - Take our poll

  11-09-2026 21:17 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Those in Sudbury who work with injured workers are speaking out after the WSIB decided to shift their jobs to southern Ontario.“I never thought I would find myself having to fight to keep the career and life I have worked so hard to build,” Shari Cash, a customer service representative for the WSIB in Sudbury, said in a statement. “The news that WSIB is closing offices across Northern Ontario and that more than 500 employees are being affected has been devastating.“What
  
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• Sudbury man accused of luring Cambridge girl, 13

  11-09-2026 19:40 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Waterloo Regional Police have arrested and charged a Sudbury man following a child exploitation investigation involving a Cambridge girl.In July, Waterloo Regional Police received a report from the parent of a 13-year-old Cambridge girl after discovering she had been receiving sexually explicit text messages from a man.An investigation by the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Cybercrime Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit determined that a Greater Sudbury man had been communicating wi
  
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• Suspended Sudbury driver ‘made a poor choice’ to drive

  11-09-2026 18:48 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Being too eager to get back behind the steering wheel last November has cost Roger Fauvelle $1,570.“I realize I have to get a punishment one way or another,” Fauvelle told Ontario Court Justice Pierre Bradley just before being sentenced.“Mr. Fauvelle: I believe you knew better,” Judge Bradley said. “You took a shortcut. Unfortunately, it didn’t go your way … Things could have been a lot worse (in court) … The way you did things was not the prope
  
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• That Greater Sudbury Police TikTok account is fake

  11-09-2026 18:27 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The Greater Sudbury Police Service has a heavy presence on social media, with Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts.It does not, however, have a TikTok account. If you see a TikTok video from the local police, know that it’s fake.“The Greater Sudbury Police Service has become aware of a TikTok account using the GSPS crest and sharing police-related content,” it said in a release. “GSPS does not operate an official TikTok account, and any TikTok account using our n
  
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• Sudbury’s Law Enforcement Torch Ride on Saturday

  11-09-2026 18:22 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Motorcyclists are being asked to join the Law Enforcement Torch Ride, which leaves the rear parking lot of New Sudbury Dental, 1749 Lasalle Blvd., at 10 a.m. on Sept. 12.Registration begins at 9 a.m.The ride returns to Sudbury at 3:30 p.m.“Ride with us on a scenic Highway 17 loop in support of Special Olympics Ontario,” Greater Sudbury Police said in a release. “Departing from Sudbury, we’ll travel through Field and Sturgeon Falls, stop for lunch at the Riv Chip Stand, t
  
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• Sudbury violent offender knows what his problem is. Can he fix it?

  11-09-2026 06:48 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Keith Begin’s latest brush with the law – using a metal baton to attack another man – earned him an 18-month jail sentence Wednesday.“I’m just hoping to better myself,” Begin told Ontario Court Justice Pierre Bradley in Sudbury court. “I have a newborn son, a 17-year-old going through the same things I did. I want to be a better example for my kids … I can’t keep doing this. I’m sorry for what I did. When I get out, I don’t want
  
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• Paul Lefebvre says he wants to keep Sudbury’s ‘real momentum’ going - Take our poll

  10-09-2026 21:57 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Mayor Paul Lefebvre says he wants to continue what he started four years ago.It was a badly kept secret, but Lefebvre officially launched his campaign on Wednesday at the Royal Club in Copper Cliff.Surrounded by family — his three children and wife introduced him — and well-wishers, Lefebvre said the past four years have been good to Greater Sudbury and he wants to continue building momentum.“Over the past four years, we have built real momentum in Greater Sudbury,” he t
  
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• Paul Lefebvre says he wants to keep Sudbury’s ‘real momentum’ going

  10-09-2026 21:57 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Mayor Paul Lefebvre says he wants to continue what he started four years ago.It was a badly kept secret, but Lefebvre officially launched his campaign on Wednesday at the Royal Club in Copper Cliff.Surrounded by family — his three children and wife introduced him — and well-wishers, Lefebvre said the past four years have been good to Greater Sudbury and he wants to continue building momentum.“Over the past four years, we have built real momentum in Greater Sudbury,” he t
  
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• Tearful Sudbury burglar gets time served, faces possible deportation

  09-09-2026 22:00 via thesudburystar.com
  Thirteen days after breaking into a Keast Drive home and stealing more than $137,000 worth of jewelry and electronics, Kedar Kemayou then attempted to sell some of the stolen gold jewelry at a city pawn shop.Greater Sudbury Police were alerted and arrested Kemayou.Officers executed a search warrant at Kemayou’s Silverman Street residence and recovered property he had stolen.During his bail hearing last October, Kemayou gave a fake address to the courts.Then in January, Kemayou texted a wo
  
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• Convicted Sudbury sex offender who wants pardon facing new sex charges

  09-09-2026 20:51 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A convicted sex offender – who is facing sex charges – has run afoul of Canada’s national Sex Offender Information Registry .In one case, Dustin Stevenson failed to tell Greater Sudbury Police that he had moved.In another, he travelled to a Saskatchewan First Nation community, again violating the rules of the Sex Offender Information Registry.In the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury, Stevenson, 45, pleaded guilty to failing to report the change of address. In exchange, the C
  
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• Lively motorcyclist didn’t have a licence or insurance: OPP

  09-09-2026 19:23 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The Ontario Provincial Police charged a Lively motorcyclist following a traffic stop in French River.On Sept. 8, at approximately 4:55 p.m., Noelville OPP officers stopped a motorcyclist on Shaw Road.As a result of the investigation, police charged a 54-year-old driver with driving while under suspension, driving without insurance and using a plate not authorized for the vehicle.Police did not release the driver’s name.The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice
  
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• Failing to yield gives Sudbury driver away in Kirkland Lake

  09-09-2026 19:03 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Kirkland Lake OPP officers have charged a Sudbury man with impaired driving following a traffic stop.Police said in a release that on Aug. 8, officers saw a driver in Kirkland Lake failing to yield to oncoming traffic.They stopped the driver, and after speaking to him, “determined that the driver had consumed an alcoholic beverage. The driver was arrested and transported to the Kirkland Lake OPP Detachment for further testing.”As a result, Todd Larente, 25, of Whitefish, was charged
  
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• New industrial park a sign of economic growth in Sudbury, group says

  09-09-2026 17:05 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A sure sign of growth in Greater Sudbury — the arrival of a new Dragonfly warehouse.The shipping company, which delivers for Amazon and other clients, has just leased a 55,000-square-foot depot and warehouse on 2.7 acres on National Street in Garson. The facility will serve as the company’s new logistics hub in Northern Ontario.It is the first occupied plot in the 40-acre Modern Industrial Park, the vision of Northern Skyline Developments ( northernskyline.com ), a Sudbury-based dev
  
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• GOVA Transit buses to install life-saving devices on all vehicles

  09-09-2026 02:30 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The City of Greater Sudbury said Tuesday it is installing automated external defibrillators – or AEDs – on all GOVA Transit buses.In doing so, the city said GOVA will become the first transit system in North America to equip its entire fleet with the lifesaving devices, intended to be used when some is suffering a cardiac emergency.“Every second matters during a cardiac arrest emergency,” Brendan Adair, the city’s director of Transit Services, said in a release. &l
  
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• Elliot Lake man dies in ATV crash

  08-09-2026 21:19 via thesudburystar.com
  
  One person is dead as a result of an ATV rollover on Sept. 6 north of Elliot Lake.The East Algoma OPP said officers were called around 2:30 p.m. about an ATV collision on a gravel road in a remote location near Camp 8 Creek Road and Highway 546 north of Elliot Lake .“A collision occurred resulting in an ATV rollover,” police said in a release. “A 62-year-old male from Elliot Lake was pronounced deceased at the scene.”Police did not release the victim’s name.The OPP
  
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• Non-partisan Sudbury-based group supporting female municipal candidates - Take our poll

  08-09-2026 18:03 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Sudbury-based PoliticsNOW has launched a free, private Campaign Hub to support women who have officially filed to run in Ontario’s 2026 municipal election.More than 33 women joined the Hub during its first two weeks, following an informal rollout through word of mouth, social media, and the PoliticsNOW newsletter.In Greater Sudbury, 16 women are running. Voters here elect a mayor and 12 city councillors.The Campaign Hub provides candidates with practical, on-demand support throughout the
  
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• Union says it will fight WSIB decision to cut jobs in Sudbury, across province

  08-09-2026 17:09 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The union that represents WSIB workers says the Ford government has failed to explain how closing 10 regional offices – including Sudbury’s – is necessary or how it plans to maintain services to injured workers once those cuts take place.The Ontario Compensation Employees Union also said it plans to fight the cuts.The union’s leaders and members used Labour Day to raise those questions and to attack the cuts and closures.“While we want today to be a celebration of
  
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• College Boreal appoints School of Health Sciences dean

  08-09-2026 16:32 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Collège Boréal has hired an experienced executive and educator to lead its efforts to strengthen and expand its French-language health programs.The Sudbury-based French-language college announced it has appointed Nicole Dubuc-Charbonneau as dean of the School of Health Sciences.In a release, Boreal said Dubuc-Charbonneau has nearly 20 years of post-secondary teaching and governance experience.“Taking on the role of Dean of the School of Health Sciences is a privilege and an
  
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• Gone too soon: Sudbury mourns Ordyn and Drake York, Max Kielek

  08-09-2026 15:50 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Sudbury is grieving the deaths of three young men killed in two separate collisions just days apart.Ordyn and Drake York, who were 21 and 20, died Sept. 5 in a two-vehicle collision on Municipal Road 80, near the Hanmer Valley Shopping Mall.Max Kielek was badly injured in a crash on Highway 17 in Wahnapitae on Sept. 3 and later died. He was just 20.In both cases, family and friends are rallying around the young men’s immediate families.“There are no words that can truly express the
  
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• Accused came to Sudbury and allegedly stole more than $100,000

  07-09-2026 23:50 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A man accused of stealing more than $100,000 in jewelry, electronics and other items will return to Sudbury court on Tuesday in an attempt to resolve his charges.The case against Kedar Kemayou, 26, has faced delays, including on Friday, when prosecutors asked for time to contact victims to determine whether they wanted to submit victim impact statements to the court before sentencing.“This is a large-scale theft, in the order of $137,000,” assistant Crown attorney Catherine Hansuld
  
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• Five boys born at Health Sciences North on Aug. 18

  07-09-2026 20:05 via thesudburystar.com
  
  This installment of New Arrivals includes 10 baby boys and nine girls. Aug. 12 A girl, Hannah, 6 lbs 14 oz, born to Josh Wismer and April Gravel of Sudbury.A boy, Kayce Jody, 8 lbs 6 oz, born to Hayden and Jordan Waldenberger of Hanmer.Aug. 13 A girl, Brynn, 8 lbs 4 oz, born to Dan and Jen Biesiada of Sudbury.A girl, Mila-Mae Croteau, 8 lbs 2 oz, born to Delaney and Michel of Greater Sudbury.A girl, Emma, 7 lbs 6 oz, born to Courtney Mihaichuk and Chris Middleton of Sudbury.Aug. 14 A girl, Oliv
  
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• The Big Red Firetruck Pull returns to Sudbury on Sept. 15

  07-09-2026 19:23 via thesudburystar.com
  
  The challenge is on, and this year Sudbury is pulling together in an even bigger way.United Way Centraide North East Ontario’s second annual Big Red Firetruck Pull is set to take place on Tuesday, Sept. 15, bringing teams from across the community together for a fun-filled test of strength, teamwork and fundraising.Last year’s inaugural event was a resounding success, with 11 teams raising nearly $20,000 to support people and families across the region. This year, the event has alre
  
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• Algoma Steel fined $250,000 for Sudbury worker’s death in 2023

  07-09-2026 18:45 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Algoma Steel has pleaded guilty to one regulatory offence under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act for not having warning signs regarding unauthorized entry.The steelmaker was fined $250,000, including the applicable victim fine surcharge, in the death of a 21-year-old contract employee from Sudbury.Damien Bryant, a 21-year-old GFL Environmental Inc. worker, was killed at Algoma Steel while servicing the coke oven gas main. He was ultimately asphyxiated after entering the gas ma
  
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• Hunting violation on Manitoulin costs man $1,500, plus deer he shot

  07-09-2026 17:56 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A southern Ontario man has been fined $1,500 for failing to immediately invalidate his antlerless deer tag.Angelo Micone of Beeton pleaded guilty earlier this year in the Ontario Court of Justice at Gore Bay.Under Ontario law, hunters must immediately invalidate their antlerless deer tag after shooting one. Invalidating an antlerless deer tag means notching or marking the correct day, month, and time on the physical tag immediately after killing the deer, right at the kill site and before movin
  
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• Drinking Sudbury driver fights with other driver after crash

  07-09-2026 16:55 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A Sudbury man involved in a two-vehicle collision last fall who then fought with the other driver has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of careless driving.Edward Beland, 56, entered the guilty plea in the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury.He had been charged with impaired driving.Justice Pierre Bradley, accepting a joint sentencing submission, issued a $1,000 fine and 15-month probation order. The order includes the conditions that Beland complete the province’s Back on Track program
  
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