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• Just released from jail, Markstay-Warren man gets into more trouble

  09-06-2026 23:32 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A Markstay-Warren man accused of stealing a truck in Copper Cliff and depositing it at the OPP station in Blind River is in more trouble with the law.According to the East Algoma OPP, the suspect was arrested and released on June 7, with an Aug. 13 court date.However, the next day, on Aug. 8, East Algoma OPP officers were “called to an Elliot Lake financial institution regarding an irate male who caused property damage prior to departing on foot. While tending to this call, police got ano
  
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• World Cup begins as Canada braces for wave of matches, concerts and football fever

  11-06-2026 15:50 via sudbury.com
  
  The biggest FIFA World Cup in history officially kicks off today, as Canadian host cities prepare for an influx of matches, international fans and cultural events.
  
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• Somali ref Artan picked for showpiece UEFA game after being barred by US from World Cup

  11-06-2026 15:35 via sudbury.com
  
  NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Somali referee Omar Artan who was barred by the United States from the World Cup was picked on Thursday for the showcase UEFA Super Cup game in August. European soccer body UEFA said Artan will referee the Aug.
  
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• One person dead after two suspicious fires at Energy Court encampment

  11-06-2026 15:22 via sudbury.com
  
  Emergency services were dispatched to the downtown encampment at around 3:40 a.m. today
  
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• El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

  11-06-2026 15:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.
  
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• WDBA interim CEO says Gordie Howe Bridge opening delayed

  11-06-2026 14:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The interim chief executive of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority says Canada and the U.S. have agreed to delay the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge as the two countries take time to "resolve any outstanding issues.
  
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• Gordie Howe Bridge opening delayed to resolve 'outstanding issues': bridge authority

  11-06-2026 14:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge has been delayed as the relationship between Canada and the United States continues to be upended by U.S. President Donald Trump.
  
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• Toronto police officer shot in exchange of gunfire in city's west end

  11-06-2026 13:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say one of their officers was shot in an exchange of gunfire in the city's west end early Thursday morning.
  
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• UK defense secretary quits, says government isn't willing to spend enough on military

  11-06-2026 13:35 via sudbury.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Defense Secretary John Healey resigned on Thursday, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threat.
  
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• First group of Nigerians returns home after anti-immigration protests in South Africa

  11-06-2026 13:05 via sudbury.com
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The first group of Nigerians returned home from South Africa on Thursday as part of repatriation ordered by the government following violent anti-immigration protests.
  
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• Van Koeverden promotes fan events, dismisses cost concerns as World Cup kicks off

  11-06-2026 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's secretary of state for sport has dismissed concerns about the cost of co-hosting the FIFA World Cup and is hyping up the opportunity for Canadians to engage with the tournament across the country.
  
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• In the news today: New gun figures, AI deepfake probe, online harms, World Cup begins

  11-06-2026 10:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
  
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• Privacy commissioner to release results of Grok deepfake investigation

  11-06-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner will today release the results of his investigation of sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot.
  
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• Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say

  11-06-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the national police force.
  
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• FIFA World Cup festivities are underway. Here's how Toronto health-care workers have been preparing

  11-06-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — As people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors and residents that there are key measures in place to help keep them saf
  
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• Aussies, Kiwis converge on B.C. for World Cup, bringing super fandom from Down Under

  11-06-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Wherever they are in the world, sports fans Lachlan Carter and younger brother Bailey know how to find fellow Australians.
  
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• Ontario murder suspect believed to be in rural B.C.: police

  11-06-2026 04:50 via sudbury.com
  
  PERTH, ONT. — A suspect wanted for second-degree murder in the death of a man in southern Ontario may be camping somewhere in rural British Columbia.
  
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• QuickQuotes: How advocates, lawyers and others feel about Canada's online harms bill

  11-06-2026 01:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberal government tabled new online safety legislation Wednesday that would force social media platforms to block access for kids under 16 — unless those platforms put in place sufficient safeguards — and bar children from accessing adu
  
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• B.C. woman pleads guilty to attempting to euthanize cat with fentanyl: SPCA

  11-06-2026 01:50 via sudbury.com
  
  KELOWNA — British Columbia's animal welfare society says a woman has been banned from owning or living with pets for five years and given 12 months' probation after pleading guilty to attempting to euthanize a cat with fentanyl.
  
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• Sudbury senior calls police to have woman removed. He got arrested instead

  11-06-2026 01:05 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A 76-year-old Sudbury man ended up spending 45 days in custody for assaulting a woman he was not supposed to be with.“It’s been going on too long,” Ricky Hicks told Ontario Court Justice Pierre Bradley just before being sentenced in Sudbury court, when asked by the judge if the relationship was over. “I miss being home. I called police, and I got arrested for having the woman removed (from my apartment).”Hicks had pleaded guilty to assault and breach of probation.B
  
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• Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing top Minnesota Democrat

  11-06-2026 00:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S.
  
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• Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing leading Minnesota Democrat

  11-06-2026 00:35 via sudbury.com
  
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• Fact File: Revisiting Trump's false claims about the Gordie Howe bridge

  11-06-2026 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan is set to open, months after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to block it.
  
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• Financial anxiety rising in Sudbury and across Canada: United Way - Take our poll

  11-06-2026 00:13 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Two in five Canadians are struggling to put food on the table, while a growing number are losing sleep over their finances, according to a new survey for United Way.The United Way Centraide Canada Financial Anxiety Index found 40 per cent of Canadians are losing sleep over how they will stretch their paycheque. Overall, 60 per cent say thinking about their finances makes them feel anxious — up five percentage points in just six months.United Way leaders say the findings reflect a deepenin
  
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• Sudbury judge fines driver whose alcohol consumption was three times over the limit

  10-06-2026 23:58 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A Sudbury man found to be three times over the legal limit while driving has been fined $2,500.Austin Southwind, 37, also won’t be driving for a year.“It was wrong,” Southwind told Ontario Court Justice Pierre Bradley just before being sentenced in Sudbury court.“You’re lucky, Mr. Southwind, no one got hurt,” replied Justice Bradley. “You learned your lesson.”Southwind had pleaded guilty to having more than the legal allowable level of alcohol in
  
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• Florida court allows use of new US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections

  10-06-2026 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  The Florida Supreme Court has allowed new U.S.
  
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• Hotel bookings during World Cup down from last year, but B.C. minister sees positives

  10-06-2026 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — British Columbia's jobs minister isn't disputing hotel data that suggests Vancouver hotel vacancies on World Cup game days are down sharply compared to the same dates last year.
  
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• COURCHESNE, Paul

  10-06-2026 22:42 via sudbury.com
  
  C’est avec le cœur lourd que la famille annonce son décès, à Sudbury, le vendredi 5 juin 2026, à l’âge de 76 ans. Fils de feu de Lionel et de feue Léona (née Guenette) Courchesne.
  
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• Leduc motion seeking event centre report falls flat again

  10-06-2026 22:40 via sudbury.com
  
  Mayoral candidate and Ward 11 Coun. Bill Leduc again failed to get a seconder for a motion seeking an event centre report
  
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• Toronto man arrested a second time for Bruce Ave. drug dealing

  10-06-2026 22:27 via sudbury.com
  
  Already before the court for a drug-trafficking charge from 2025 after being arrested at 720 Bruce Ave., the 37-year-old man was arrested again June 4 for similar charges and at the same location
  
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