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• Rainbow secondary schools host Information nights for Grade 8 students

  30-12-2025 18:21 via thesudburystar.com
  Grade 8 students and their parents/guardians are invited to Information Nights at Rainbow secondary schools in Sudbury, Espanola and Manitoulin Island.  
  All students within each secondary school’s boundaries are welcome to participate, regardless of which school they currently attend. Grade 6 students are welcome in secondary schools that offer Grades 7 and 8.  
  Rainbow District School Board has prepared a guide for students and parents/guardians that explores the changes, choic
  
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• What is 'food noise' and why are we hearing about it amid the rise of GLP-1 meds?

  10-01-2026 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Before Brenda Rogers started taking Ozempic in the spring of 2023, she didn't realize how much "food noise" was sapping her mental energy.
  
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• RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes

  10-01-2026 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country — just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter jets into service.
  
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• Fifty years after the Games, Quebecers still spending on Montreal's Olympic Stadium

  10-01-2026 12:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal's Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof.
  
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• Judge reserves ruling on whether to throw out B.C. murder conviction over delays

  10-01-2026 02:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to throw out the case against a man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have linked to organized crime.
  
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• Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now

  10-01-2026 01:35 via sudbury.com
  
  A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting needy children and their families from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now.
  
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• 'Old gal has had rough night': Main break floods iconic Yukon bar amid -40 C weather

  10-01-2026 00:50 via sudbury.com
  
  A major water main break in Dawson City, Yukon, flooded streets and a historic bar as temperatures plunged to -40 C amid a recent cold snap.
  
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• Saskatoon hospital patient dead after altercation with security

  10-01-2026 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  SASKATOON — Saskatoon police say they're investigating after a patient at the Royal University Hospital died this morning following an altercation with security.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Saskatoon hospital patient dead after altercation with security

  10-01-2026 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  SASKATOON — Saskatoon police say they're investigating after a patient at the Royal University Hospital died this morning following an altercation with security.More coming.The Canadian Press
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Calgary water main repaired, restrictions remain until testing done

  10-01-2026 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break, but testing still needs to be done before it's good to go.
  
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• Calgary water main repaired but restrictions remain until testing done, city says

  10-01-2026 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break but testing still needs to be done before it's fully operational again.
  
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• NAROZANSKI, Michael

  10-01-2026 00:18 via sudbury.com
  
  Michael’s motto “Plenty Alright -Too Much No Good “ - A saying he picked up from his Father & he lived life by this value & did so to its fullest
  
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• Verner couple wins $1 million in Sudbury hospital draw

  09-01-2026 23:54 via thesudburystar.com
  Health Sciences North Foundation has announced that December’s HSN 50/50 take-home grand prize of just over $1 million has been won by Dale and Thérèse Ackerland of Verner. “I was out grabbing a coffee at my brother’s house when my phone rangandI got the news,” Dale said in a release. “I was stunned – I think my brother realized I had won before I did.” Thérèse recalled the moment at home: “When he got back, he handed me
  
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• Military to aid Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage, frozen pipes

  09-01-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION, MAN. — The federal government has agreed to send in military help to a northern Manitoba First Nation where thousands have been forced to leave due to frozen pipes and sewage backup.
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Military to aid Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage, frozen pipes

  09-01-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  PIMICIKAMAK CREE NATION, MAN. — The federal government has agreed to send in military help to a northern Manitoba First Nation where thousands have been forced to leave due to frozen pipes and sewage backup.
  
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• Newcomers should be primed for Quebec winter roads after 2025 fatal crash: coroner

  09-01-2026 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is recommending the province's auto insurance board better prepare newcomers about the dangers of winter driving, following the death of a Mexican man last year.
  
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• Alberta's Smith calls on Carney to speed up major project approvals

  09-01-2026 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to further speed up its approval process for major projects, saying she wants to see applications approved within six months.
  
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• Rio Tinto could buy Glencore and Glencore's Sudbury operations - Take our poll

  09-01-2026 22:47 via thesudburystar.com
  A mining analyst says Rio Tinto Group’s talks to buy Glencore Plc – one of Sudbury’s major employers – could be a long and bumpy ride. Stan Sudol, a former Sudburian Stan Sudol and the owner/editor of Republic of Mining, a website devoted to mining news, made the observation after news broke that the two companies were negotiating. If successful, it would create the world’s biggest mining company worth more than US$200 billion, Bloomberg News is reporting. “I
  
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• City of Greater Sudbury loses a layer of oversight as it cuts AG office - Take our poll

  09-01-2026 22:30 via thesudburystar.com
  The City of Greater Sudbury is taking a bit of a gamble by shuttering the office of the auditor general, but the closure is saving taxpayers $500,000 annually, Ward 9 Coun. Deb McIntosh says. 
    McIntosh, chair of the finance committee, said only five municipalities in Ontario — including Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Ottawa and Greater Sudbury — still employ auditors general. In addition to saving $500,000 each year, shuttering the office of the AG will align the N
  
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• Flu has peaked in some provinces while nationally cases remain high but 'stable or decreased'

  09-01-2026 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — At least two provinces in Canada say flu activity likely peaked over the holidays, while national data shows the number of new cases remains high but stabilized by the start of the new year.
  
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• Flu has peaked in Canada while cases remain high but 'stable or decreased': PHAC

  09-01-2026 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The flu season likely peaked in Canada over the holidays at the highest rate the country has seen in years, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.The latest national influenza data released Friday accounts for the period of Dec.
  
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• Coalition Avenir Québec member withdraws from caucus after impaired driving arrest

  09-01-2026 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  QUÉBEC — A Coalition Avenir Québec member of the legislature arrested this week for alleged impaired driving is withdrawing from caucus for the duration of the legal proceedings against him.
  
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• Canada condemns Russia's use of hypersonic missile as escalation in Ukraine war

  09-01-2026 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is joining European leaders in condemning Russia's use of a powerful hypersonic missile on Ukraine as an escalation.
  
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• BLAIS, Douglas

  09-01-2026 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  On December 21, 2025, in Pinawa, Manitoba, Doug passed away peacefully with daughters at his side after a short battle with cancer. Doug was born on July 21, 1934 in Sudbury, Ontario and was the oldest of 3 children.
  
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• RIOPEL, Rose

  09-01-2026 21:46 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Rose Riopel (nee Ridler) who passed away on Monday, January 5 th , 2026 at Health Sciences North at the age of 88. Beloved wife of two husbands, Robert Whissell and Ben Riopel both predeceased.
  
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• Celebration of Life: STEPHENS, Douglas

  09-01-2026 21:39 via sudbury.com
  
  It’s with great sadness to announce the passing of Douglas “Doug” Wayne Stephens at the age of 80 on December 18th, 2025. He was surrounded with love from family near and far. At a young age, Doug was scooped up by “Mother Bell” where he dedicated his
  
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• VIDEO: Penalties for impaired driving just got tougher — will it make any difference?

  09-01-2026 20:57 via sudbury.com
  
  Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast: We speak to MADD Canada about new rules brought in by the Ford government, and why it often feels like the fight against drunk driving is a losing battle
  
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• Man accused in Ryan Wedding case seeks to protect IDs of sureties, citing safety risk

  09-01-2026 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — An Ontario man arrested in a sweep targeting alleged associates of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding is asking the court to protect the identities of the people proposing to supervise him on bail.
  
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• City CAO explains why five city managers lost their jobs this week

  09-01-2026 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Shari Lichterman terminated the employment of five city managers and one junior staff member on Thursday as part of a broader change in direction at city hall
  
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• Eurasia Group says no country more at risk than Canada in relations with the U.S.

  09-01-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — A new report by the Eurasia Group is warning no other country will be as "profoundly affected" by political turmoil in the United States than Canada will be in 2026.
  
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