Greater Sudbury news

• Greater Sudbury not the only community dealing with potholes

  17-04-2025 17:47 via thesudburystar.com
  
  For Mike Sanders, owner of Aaron’s Taxi in Sudbury, bumpier routes have become an “unfortunate way of life.” Cities including his are reporting that a repeated cycle of freezing and thawing this spring has led to more potholes than usual on some Ontario roads. “The biggest problem in Sudbury is so many of the main thoroughfares are bad,” Sanders said in a recent interview. Taxi drivers for his company usually drive major city roads dozens of times a day, often dipp
  
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• Damage caused by drug-impaired driver more extensive than first reported    

  16-12-2025 15:34 via thesudburystar.com
  A drug-impaired driver who sped through a New Sudbury neighbourhood, lost control and flew over two vehicles before landing on her car’s roof, did more damage than a Sudbury court was first told.
    The Volkswagen driven by Krisstarah Jeanveau on Aug. 28, 2021, damaged their lawn and two parked vehicles, the homeowners said in separate victim impact statements.
    “It was emotionally draining dealing with the insurance company,” E
  
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• MILLS, Joyce

  16-12-2025 15:12 via sudbury.com
  
  Peacefully at Health Sciences North on December 2, 2025, Joyce Mills passed away at the age of 102. Joyce was the beloved wife of the late George Mills
  
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• Fire at Thorncliffe Park condos put out, no return date for residents, officials say

  16-12-2025 14:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Toronto officials say a fire that started late last month inside the walls of two highrise buildings has been put out, but there's no return date yet for residents as crews continue to assess the damage.
  
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• Kids mailing letters to Santa will get a response after brief pause: Canada Post

  16-12-2025 11:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Canada Post says the millions of Canadians who write to Santa Claus with their wish lists will get a response this year.
  
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• Rising costs and dwindling opportunities have Canada's youth feeling adrift

  16-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Four months, 50 applications, two interviews, no job.The story of 21-year-old political studies graduate Lauren Hood might sound familiar to others in her generation.
  
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• McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets

  16-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada is injecting tens of billions of dollars into defence as it looks to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the Cold War — both to meet its NATO commitments and to juice the domestic economy.
  
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• In the news: Meeting NATO targets, Rabbi mourned, Condo fire put out, Series on youth

  16-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … McGuinty 'confident' Canada will hit NATO spending targets
  Defence Minister David McGuinty says he's confident the federal government will hit its NATO def
  
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• Here's how some young Canadians are facing their financial future

  16-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people about the financial challenges facing their generation — a tough job market, unaffordable housing and goals that seem out of reach.
  
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• From sushi delivery to oat milk lattes, how 'little treats' provide sense of solace

  16-12-2025 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Young customers and families filter in and out of Foglifter, a bustling café in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, ordering croissants and lattes.
  
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• Fire at Thorncliffe Park highrise has been put out, no return date for residents

  16-12-2025 08:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A fire that started late last month inside the walls of two Toronto highrise buildings has been put out.A statement from the City of Toronto says residents of 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. and 21 Overlea Blvd learned the news late Monday.
  
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• Underground detector in Sudbury captures rare neutrino interaction

  16-12-2025 07:19 via thesudburystar.com
  A new breakthrough in neutrino research has been achieved through observations made deep underground at the SNOLAB facility in Sudbury. For the first time, scientists have been able to discern the tiny particle transforming carbon atoms into nitrogen. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Oxford in England, using the SNO+ detector situated two kilometres below surface at Creighton Mine. “The deep location was crucial to shield the lab from cosmic rays and background radia
  
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• Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group

  16-12-2025 04:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Amass shootingin which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’sBondi Beachwas “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesd
  
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• Ottawa approves Teck and Anglo American, companies say

  16-12-2025 04:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly has approved a merger between Canadian natural resources company Teck Resources Ltd. and Britain's Anglo American PLC.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Ottawa approves Teck and Anglo American, companies say

  16-12-2025 04:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC say they have received regulatory approval from the Canadian government for to merge into one.Shareholders gave their blessing last week to the plan which was first announced in September.
  
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• US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people

  16-12-2025 04:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people.
  
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• Photo Gallery: The year in photos 2025

  16-12-2025 00:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Here's a look at some of year's top photos from The Canadian Press, as selected by editors.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 15, 2025.The Canadian Press
  
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• Small plane crashes in central Mexico, killing at least 7 people, officials say

  16-12-2025 00:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A small plane crashed in central Mexico while trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said.
  
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• Small plane crashes in central Mexico, killing at least 7 people, official says

  16-12-2025 00:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A small plane crashed in centralMexicowhile trying to make an emergency landing Monday, killing at least seven people, Mexico State Civil Protection Coordinator Adrián Hernández said.
  
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• Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security

  15-12-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
  
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• Search for the Brown University shooter resumes as questions swirl about campus security

  15-12-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
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• Search for the Brown University shooter continues as questions swirl about campus security

  15-12-2025 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
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• No imminent threat of attack in Canada following Australia shooting: CSIS

  15-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it sees no indication of a specific threat in Canada following the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
  
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• Man sought on Canada-wide warrant has ties to Elliot Lake, Timmins

  15-12-2025 23:19 via thesudburystar.com
  An offender known to frequent the Elliot Lake area is being sought by police on a Canada-wide warrant. Eric Cardinal, 39, is wanted for breach of a release order. He is described as an Indigenous male, 5-feet tall and 160 pounds, with a fair complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a dragon tattoo on his right arm. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad is requesting the public’s assistance in locating the fugitive. Cardinal is serving a three-year, three-month sentence for arme
  
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• CAF officer arrested on foreign interference allegation released into custody

  15-12-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command who is facing charges related to foreign interference has been released from custody following a hearing in Gatineau, Que.
  
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• CAF officer arrested on foreign interference allegation released from custody

  15-12-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A member of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command who is facing charges related to a leak of sensitive information to a foreign entity was released from custody on Monday following a hearing in Gatineau, Que.
  
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• RICHARD, James

  15-12-2025 22:40 via sudbury.com
  
  James “Jim” Richard (1958 – 2025) It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our father Jim Richard, who passed December 8th, 2025.
  
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• Province releases funding for 48 supportive housing units

  15-12-2025 22:27 via sudbury.com
  
  Provincial HART Hub funding is supporting 48 people with housing in scattered units divided into three and managed by Monarch Recovery Services, Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre and the Canadian Mental Health Association
  
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• OneBC party split over staffer's 'disgusting' views on race and Jews, says ex-leader

  15-12-2025 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, whose OneBC party has removed her as leader, says the split happened after colleagues tried to stop her from firing a caucus staffer whose views on Jewish people were "disgusting" and antisemitic.
  
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• OneBC party split over staffer's 'disgusting' views on Jews, says ex-leader Brodie

  15-12-2025 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia legislator Dallas Brodie, whose OneBC party has removed her as leader, says the split happened after colleagues tried to stop her from firing a caucus staffer whose views on Jewish people were "disgusting" and antisemitic.
  
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