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• Rainbow students showing big improvement in the three Rs

  07-12-2025 21:23 via thesudburystar.com
  English public students in the Sudbury area have made significant gains in standardized test results, particularly when it comes to literacy at the elementary level.  “The year-over-year percentage change in all but two assessments surpassed the provincial results, with marked improvement in mathematics,” the Rainbow District School Board said in a release. The Education Quality and Accountability Office released data for the latest round of province-wide testing on Dec. 3. EQAO
  
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• Clarification to Dec. 15 story on school violence

  16-12-2025 23:20 via sudbury.com
  A Canadian Press story published Monday about a survey of violence reported by teachers did not specify over what period the incidents were alleged to have occurred.
  
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• Stiles’ tour of Greater Sudbury focuses on affordability

  16-12-2025 22:53 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is visiting various locations throughout Greater Sudbury between Tuesday and Wednesday
  
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• Man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges arrested in B.C.

  16-12-2025 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  SURREY — A 39-year-old man wanted by Calgary police on more than thirty charges has been arrested in Surrey, B.C.
  
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• GIGNAC, Cécile

  16-12-2025 22:37 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Cécile Gignac (nee Lachapelle) 78 years. Passed away peacefully with her family by her side at Maison McCulloch Hospice on Thursday, December 11 th , 2025. Beloved wife of Royal Gignac predeceased in 1997.
  
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• Update: Suspected culprit of Elm Street robbery taken into custody

  16-12-2025 22:30 via sudbury.com
  
  Convenience store robbery earlier today left one person with injuries; suspect now in custody
  
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• Police lay charges after man loses control at Elliot Lake's hospital

  16-12-2025 21:51 via thesudburystar.com
  An Elliot Lake man is facing charges after someone caused trouble at the city’s hospital. East Algoma OPP officers were called to St. Joseph’s General Hospital on Spine Road around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 15. In a release, the OPP said “a person (was) damaging property and being aggressive with staff. The person threw a bucket at an interior door window, shattering it, and destroyed a chair. “In addition, the person was wanted for failing to appear in court. They were
  
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• Noah and Olivia top Ontario baby names in 2024, mirroring national trends

  16-12-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Noah and Olivia were Ontario’s most popular baby names in 2024, mirroring national trends that suggest parents across the country largely agree on favourite monikers.
  
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• Man pleads guilty in drunk driving crash that killed 3 siblings in Toronto: lawyer

  16-12-2025 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — An Ontario man has pleaded guilty to half a dozen charges in a drunk driving crash that killed three siblings in west Toronto earlier this year.
  
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• Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries

  16-12-2025 21:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expandingtravel restrictions toan additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on
  
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• Trump expands travel ban, adding 5 more countries and imposing new limits on others

  16-12-2025 21:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expandingits travel banto include five more countries and impose new limits on others. This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration.
  
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• Feds announce plan to reduce methane emissions from oil sector, landfills

  16-12-2025 21:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is announcing new regulations to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector and landfills.
  
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• Sudbury session to promote French-language education, rights

  16-12-2025 21:08 via thesudburystar.com
  The Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon invites parents and guardians to a presentation entitled French education: an informed choice for yourchild’sfuture, taking place Jan. 14 at 5:15 p.m. at École catholique Notre-Place, 4385 Municipal Road 80 in Val Thérèse.   Chantal Mayer-Crittenden, aspeech and languagepathologist and associate professor at Laurentian University, will host the meeting. This session, organized by the CSC Nouvelon Parent Involvement Com
  
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• Man sentenced to prison in 2024 hit-and-run that killed teen: York police

  16-12-2025 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  York Region police say a man is facing five years in prison and a 15-year driving ban after fatally hitting a teenager with his car last year and then falsely reporting a carjacking.
  
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• United Way says it needs more money to keep vital programs going 

  16-12-2025 20:45 via thesudburystar.com
  United Way Centraide North East Ontario, which currently funds 49 vital programs across northeastern Ontario, is raising concerns about a significant funding shortfall as its community fund has only achieved 70 per cent of its year-end goal. 
    Without a strong surge of community support in the final weeks of the year, essential services across the region could be forced to scale back just as need continues to rise, it said in a release.
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• Trump will travel to Delaware for return of National Guard members killed in Syria, White House says

  16-12-2025 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed inan attack in the Syrian desertthat is testingthe rapprochement betw
  
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• Trump will go to Delaware for the dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in Syria

  16-12-2025 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the two Iowa National Guard members killed inan attack in the Syrian desertthat is testingthe rapprochement betw
  
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• Cambrian College launches graduate certificate in data analytics

  16-12-2025 20:27 via thesudburystar.com
  To meet thegrowing
  industrydemand 
  forskilled workers in data-driven industries, Cambrian College is launching a new program in September
  :a graduate certificate in data analytics. This one-year, three-semester program offers training in topics including data collection and ethics, data visualization, data modelling, machine learning, market analytics and storytelling with data.Students will gain hands-on experience with industry-standard software and tools, graduating with the specialized
  
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• Third, fourth floors at Science North getting a $1.9M renewal

  16-12-2025 20:25 via sudbury.com
  
  The new Woven by Water exhibit will connect the third and fourth floors of the science centre with a large play structure, as FedNor announces federal support for the project to the tune of $650,000
  
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• Senior B.C. Mountie facing assault charges to plead not guilty: Lawyer

  16-12-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  ABBOTSFORD — The lawyer for a senior British Columbia RCMP officer says his client intends to plead not guilty to assault charges laid after an alleged off-duty altercation in Abbotsford in July.
  
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• New Brunswick first province to sign federal "one project, one review" agreement

  16-12-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  HALIFAX — New Brunswick has become the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government to create a joint environmental assessment process for major projects.
  
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• New Brunswick agrees to joint federal and provincial environmental reviews

  16-12-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  HALIFAX — New Brunswick has become the first province to sign an agreement with the federal government to create a joint environmental assessment process for major projects.
  
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• Government rejects call to measure productivity across public service

  16-12-2025 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is rejecting a call from a working group to measure productivity across Canada’s public sector, arguing that doing so would not "readily align" with its priorities.
  
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• Police contain residence on Elm in search for robbery suspect

  16-12-2025 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Convenience store robbery earlier today left one person with injuries, while police track suspect to Elm Street residence, traffic being rerouted around the area
  
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• Major conservation of B.C. forestry land totalling 45,000 hectares announced

  16-12-2025 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — An environmental charity says it has reached an agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments as well as other private and public sector partners to conserve 45,000 hectares of timberland in the province.
  
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• UPDATE: Police contain building on Elm in hunt for robbery suspect

  16-12-2025 19:46 via thesudburystar.com
  UPDATE: The individual believed to be responsible for the robbery has been taken into custody, Greater Sudbury Police have reported. “Additional individuals inside the residence have exited,” the police service said. “The detours on Elm Street will be removed shortly. Some officers will remain on scene until a search warrant has been executed.”   ORIGINAL STORY: Police have surrounded a residence on Elm Street in relation to a convenience store robbery earlier today.
  
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• Police contain building on Elm in hunt for robbery suspect

  16-12-2025 19:46 via thesudburystar.com
  Police have surrounded a residence on Elm Street in relation to a convenience store robbery earlier today. Officers with Greater Sudbury Police responded to the incident at the Kwik-Way at Elm and Beatty around 11 a.m. One person was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect fled on foot, the police service said on social media. A canine unit tracked the suspect to building on Elm Street. “Officers have residence on Elm St. contained,” the police serv
  
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• FIFA slashes price of some World Cup tickets to $60 after global fan backlash

  16-12-2025 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MIAMI (AP) — FIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams' most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final instead of being asked to pay $4,185.
  
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• RENAUD, Jeannine

  16-12-2025 18:57 via sudbury.com
  
  RENAUD, Jeannine (née Tremblay)C’est avec une profonde tristesse que la famille annonce son décès à Sudbury, le dimanche 14 décembre 2025, à l’âge de 94 ans.
  
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• Woman killed by fallen tree branch amid rain, wind warnings in parts of B.C.

  16-12-2025 18:20 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A woman has been killed by a fallen tree limb in British Columbia's Fraser Valley during what police say was severe and unpredictable weather.
  
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