Greater Sudbury news

• Rainfall helps progress of crews fighting Gogama-area fire

  12-06-2026 15:51 via sudbury.com
  
  The fire has been remapped at 3,151 hectares as heavy rainfall helps reduce the wildfire’s behaviour
  
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• Conservation officers in B.C. remove metal stove pipe stuck on bear's head

  13-06-2026 00:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OLIVER — A young bear in British Columbia's Okanagan had to endure several days with a stove pipe stuck over its head before conservation officers were able to remove it.The Conservation Officer Service of B.C.
  
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• Migrants deported from US, including an Iranian woman, arrive in Central African Republic

  13-06-2026 00:05 via sudbury.com
  
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A flight carrying at least two dozen migrants, including an Iranian woman facing persecution in her home country, landed in theCentral African Republicon Friday.
  
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• Sudbury-area woman full of drugs when she struck and killed another driver

  12-06-2026 23:53 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A head-on collision on Highway 17 west of Sudbury two years ago was so violent that it not only killed another driver, but it also flipped the vehicle responsible for the crash into the path of a third vehicle.Sasha Pan, 34, of Warren, who was headed to trial in September, opted in Superior Court at the Sudbury Courthouse on Friday to plead to four of her six charges: dangerous driving causing death; dangerous driving causing bodily harm; driving with an inadmissible level of cocaine in her sys
  
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• Just add water: RFP awarded to study new pool for Sudbury 

  12-06-2026 23:38 via thesudburystar.com
  
  An update on the closed Jeno Tihanyi Olympic Gold Pool, and the early days of a new aquatics centre for Sudbury, are on the agenda at a meeting of city council’s community and emergency services committee on Monday. Jeff Pafford, director of parks and recreation, is expected to update councillors on a request for proposals on the future of public pools that the city awarded to Toronto-based MJMA Architecture & Design. Pafford is also expected to talk about the empty 50-metre, eight-la
  
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• Larin scores in 78th minute to rally Canada to 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina in World Cup opener

  12-06-2026 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Late substitute Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute and co-host Canada earned its first point in its third World Cup appearance — and first on home soil — by rallying for a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday.
  
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• Canada earns first-ever World Cup point after 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina

  12-06-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — In many ways, a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina felt like a victory for Canada on a historic day for the host side at the FIFA World Cup on Friday.
  
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• Canada earns first ever World Cup point after 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina

  12-06-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Canada is kicking off the FIFA World Cup with a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina.Jovo Lukic scored in the 21st minute for Bosnia but Cyle Larin tied it in the 78th minute for Canada.
  
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• Away from Toronto Stadium, fans gather to watch Canada's 'historic' World Cup game

  12-06-2026 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  A banquet hall kilometres away from Toronto's World Cup stadium roared with excitement this afternoon as Bosnia-Herzegovina scored the first goal against Canada in the tournament's first match on Canadian soil.
  
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• Sudbury police: Fire at homeless encampment being treated as murder

  12-06-2026 23:16 via thesudburystar.com
  
  Greater Sudbury Police are now treating the fire that killed a man at a homeless encampment on Thursday as a murder.Investigators have also identified the victim.“Following a post-mortem examination conducted by the Coroner’s Office, along with additional testing,the deceased has been identified as a 41-year-old man from Greater Sudbury,” police said in a release. “His name will not be released out of respect for his next of kin. Our deepest condolences are extended to h
  
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• Homicide investigation: People seen fleeing Energy Court fires

  12-06-2026 23:06 via sudbury.com
  
  A 41-year-old Greater Sudbury man was killed in the June 11 fire at the Energy Court encampment in downtown Sudbury, which is being investigated as a homicide
  
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• CAMMAERT, Willy

  12-06-2026 22:23 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Willy Ludovicuc Cammaert 90 years. Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 10th, 2026, at Health Sciences with his loving family by his side
  
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• Woman who killed stranger in downtown Toronto store granted absolute discharge

  12-06-2026 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A woman found not criminally responsible for stabbing a stranger to death in a downtown Toronto drugstore a decade ago has been granted an absolute discharge after an Ontario board concluded she no longer poses a significant threat to publi
  
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• Seven additional men charged in fatal Toronto apartment shooting

  12-06-2026 22:20 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Toronto police say they have charged seven more men with second-degree murder after a 28-year-old man was shot dead last month.Police responded to a call on May 31 about a shooting at an Etobicoke apartment, where Anthony Taylor died.
  
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• Visa denial sidelines Thomas Partey for Ghana’s World Cup opener against Panama in Toronto

  12-06-2026 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team'sWorld Cupopener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaitstrial in Londonon multiple charges of rape.
  
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• B.C. Supreme Court finds Victoria has authority to restrict camping in city parks

  12-06-2026 21:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — The B.C. Supreme Court has found that the City of Victoria did not go beyond its authority by passing bylaws restricting overnight camping in some city parks.
  
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• WRIGHT, Robert

  12-06-2026 21:41 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with heavy hearts that our family announces the passing of Robert (Bob) James Orland Wright at the age of 92 at Extendicare Countryside in Sudbury, Ontario
  
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• World Cup fans bring energy to Vancouver amphitheatre

  12-06-2026 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver's big moment on the World Cup stage is still a day away, but fans brought energy to spare as they watched Canada's debut match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto.
  
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• Excitement builds in Vancouver as World Cup fans bring energy to amphitheatre

  12-06-2026 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Vancouver's big moment on the World Cup stage is still a day away but energy is building as fans get ready to take in Canada's debut match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto.
  
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• Environmental groups cheer Ontario's addition of battery storage to electricity grid

  12-06-2026 20:50 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Environmental groups are cheering an Ontario government announcement that three battery storage projects will add enough capacity to the electricity system to power 640,000 homes.
  
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• White nationalist group places ‘Silent Slaughter’ cross at Sudbury’s opioid memorial

  12-06-2026 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  A far-right white supremacist group called Second Sons came to Greater Sudbury May 31 to film a promotional video, using the city's local opioid crisis to radicalize recruits and instill fear, and sell merchandise, according to an extremism researcher
  
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• Steel producers association unhappy with tariff remission program extensions

  12-06-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Steel Producers Association says Ottawa's latest extension of a program that offsets the cost of tariffs in some sectors fails to encourage domestic firms to diversify away from the United States.
  
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• New Brunswick woman sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led to daughter's death

  12-06-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick woman is suing artificial intelligence firm OpenAI after the death of her daughter.
  Kristie Carrier alleges the company's chatbot is responsible for the death of Alice by suicide last year, at the age of 24.
  
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• Joint Canada-U.S. military officer summit shelved

  12-06-2026 20:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The United States Army National Guard has shelved an annual Canada-U.S. summit of military officers.
  
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• LAHTI, Ronald

  12-06-2026 20:11 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Ronald Lahti who passed away on Thursday, June 4 th , 2026 at Health Sciences North at the age of 80. He was the beloved husband of Elizabeth (Brennan) Lahti and father of Victoria both predeceased.
  
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• JOYCE, George

  12-06-2026 20:07 via sudbury.com
  
  In Loving Memory of George Joyce 1931 – 2026It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of George Joyce on June 10, 2026, at the age of 95.
  
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• Rains allow city to lift its fire ban

  12-06-2026 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Effectively immediately, the City of Greater Sudbury has lifted the fire ban they declared in effect since June 6
  
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• SMITH, Kathleen

  12-06-2026 19:52 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Kathleen Frances Smith (née Dowling), 89 years who passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at Health Sciences North, Sudbury. Beloved wife of Donald Smith predeceased 2010.
  
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• Mayoral candidate Rodney Newton focusing on roads, homelessness

  12-06-2026 19:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Running for the second time, Newton says he would take on new debt to pave thousands of kilometres of city roads and force homeless people to work for their keep
  
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• Sudbury police find a drug-impaired driver passed out in his vehicle

  12-06-2026 19:49 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A Sudbury man who was impaired by drugs and found asleep at the wheel of his vehicle has been sentenced to the equivalent of 30 days in jail.“A year ago, I was quite the mess,” Terrance Rocks told Ontario Court Justice Pierre Bradley just before being sentenced in Sudbury court. “I have rebuilt my life (since then).”Rocks, 44, and in custody, had pleaded guilty to drug-impaired driving.Bradley, accepting a joint sentencing submission, issued a sentence of one day jail, t
  
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