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• WILKINS, Gail

  21-08-2026 17:22 via sudbury.com
  
  May 22 1964 - August 17 2026. Surrounded by love and sadness we share the passing of Gail. Gail was pure sunshine. Her smile was contagious, her heart was generous and she found joy each day in simple things.
  
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• A Parti Québécois government would abolish public health agency Santé Québec

  21-08-2026 19:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTRÉAL — A Parti Québécois government would abolish public health agency Santé Québec to invest more in direct care for the public.Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called the agency a bureaucratic monster in a press conference.
  
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• CONSTANTINEAU, Sharleen

  21-08-2026 19:01 via sudbury.com
  
  With deep love and sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Sharleen Constantineau (née Clark), who passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at Lakeridge Health in Bowmanville, a
  
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• Driver in crash with plane in northern B.C. says he 'shouldn't be here'

  21-08-2026 18:50 via sudbury.com
  
  PRINCE GEORGE — The driver of a vehicle struck by a plane as it made an emergency landing on a British Columbia road says he knows he's lucky to be alive.Prince George, B.C.
  
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• Lindsey Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids

  21-08-2026 18:05 via sudbury.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The defense rested its case Friday in theLindsay Clancy murder trialafter eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children.
  
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• TESSIER, Denise

  21-08-2026 17:55 via sudbury.com
  
  TESSIER, Denise (née Lacelle) C’est avec une profonde tristesse que la famille annonce le décès de Denise Suzanne Tessier (née Lacelle), survenu à Sudbury le 17 août 2026, à l’âge de
  
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• YES Theatre’s ‘Come From Away’ longest-running show in theatre’s history

  21-08-2026 17:52 via sudbury.com
  
  Show has just been extended again until Sept. 4
  
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• 'Shameful': Canada, U.K., Australia rebuke Israel for decision on aid workers' deaths

  21-08-2026 17:50 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada, Australia and the U.K.'s foreign ministries are denouncing Israel's decision not to pursue criminal charges over a military strike that killed humanitarian aid workers in 2024.
  
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• CCTV dog abuse video leads to man’s arrest

  21-08-2026 17:36 via sudbury.com
  
  A 41-year-old Sudbury resident faces five charges after closed circuit video released on social media appears to show him abusing a dog
  
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• Sexual assault case takes new turn in Sudbury court

  21-08-2026 17:16 via thesudburystar.com
  
  A Sudbury man who has admitted in court to raping two teenage girls is now contesting some facts in the case – throwing the entire matter into legal limbo.As a result, Dalton Bals, 21, will now return to court in Sudbury next month in an effort to sort the matter out.Bals had been scheduled to be sentenced, but his new lawyer, Graham Clark of North Bay, has filed a resile application, meaning he wants to withdraw a previous agreement with prosecutors.Clark took over the case when Bals&rsq
  
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• ST.GERMAIN, Jean-Guy “Shack”

  21-08-2026 17:08 via sudbury.com
  
  In Loving Memory of Jean-Guy “Shack” St. Germain October 19, 1952 – August 19, 2026 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Jean-Guy “Shack” St.
  
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• PEPIN, Lucien Jean “John”

  21-08-2026 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Lucien Jean Ovila “John” Pepin September 16, 1936 – August 9, 2026 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Lucien Jean Ovila Pepin, legally known as Jean and known to most simply as John or Johnny, who passed
  
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• Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax

  21-08-2026 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas court slashes $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder Alex Jones over falsely calling 2012 school shooting a hoax.The Associated Press
  
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• Court cuts $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones over falsely labeling Newtown killings a hoax

  21-08-2026 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founderAlex Jonesafter he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting was a hoax.
  
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• Online marketplace safety tips from the Better Business Bureau

  21-08-2026 16:58 via sudbury.com
  
  While popular for buying and selling items, online marketplaces are also popular venues for scammers
  
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• N.L. government announces Team Labrador to secure economic benefits from energy deal

  21-08-2026 16:50 via sudbury.com
  
  ST. JOHN'S — The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it wants to make sure Labradorians benefit from the province's proposed multibillion-dollar energy deal with Quebec.
  
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• Montreal to provide police with body cameras and new powers

  21-08-2026 16:20 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says police in the city will soon be equipped with body cameras as well as new powers to do their job.
  
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• Sword attacker wounds several at a school in Sweden

  21-08-2026 16:05 via sudbury.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — An attacker wielding a sword has wounded several people at a school in Sweden, local officials say. The suspected perpetrator is in custody.
  
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• Myanmar military strike kills 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, opposition group says

  21-08-2026 16:05 via sudbury.com
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike Friday by Myanmar’s military on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region killed 14 people who were taking part in a week-long meditation retreat, an opposition group and a resident said.
  
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• An attacker with a sword wounds several people at a school in Sweden

  21-08-2026 16:05 via sudbury.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — An attacker with a sword wounded several people Friday at a school in central Sweden, and police later arrested a suspect, officials said.
  
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• Sudbury delegation talks homelessness and Hwy. 69 at AMO conference

  21-08-2026 16:01 via sudbury.com
  
  Advocacy abounds at the AMO, as Sudburians bring long list of priorities to provincial ministers in Ottawa
  
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• Man arrested after breaking into same Cedar Street business twice

  21-08-2026 15:54 via sudbury.com
  
  Sudbury man, 45, facing nine charges as a result
  
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• DEMERS, Denise

  21-08-2026 15:45 via sudbury.com
  
  DEMERS, Denise (née Duhamel) The family announces with great sorrow the peaceful passing of Denise Demers (née Duhamel) in Sudbury on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at the age of 84 years.
  
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• YARKIE, George

  21-08-2026 15:42 via sudbury.com
  
  January 17th, 1936 – August 15th, 2026 It is with sorrow that the family announces his passing in Sudbury on Saturday, August 15th, 2026 at the age of 90 years. Husband of the late Patricia Yarkie (née Arcand).
  
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• MAINVILLE, Léon

  21-08-2026 15:36 via sudbury.com
  
  July 7, 1941—August 18, 2026 It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Léon Mainville on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, in Ottawa, at the age of 85.
  
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• Municipal advocacy group names northern caucus

  21-08-2026 15:10 via sudbury.com
  
  Ottawa hosted Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference Aug. 16-19
  
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• In the news today: Trump tariff looms, LGBTQ+ monument opens, Alberta cave rescue

  21-08-2026 10:50 via sudbury.com
  
  Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Deadline looms as Trump's 50 per cent tariffs set to kick in just after midnight
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• Statistics and federal policy on crime have changed, but the politics remain the same

  21-08-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — New tough-on-crime laws and statistics showing falling crime rates aren't likely to change how Canadians currently feel about crime or whether it's used as a political wedge between parties, some national pollsters say.
  
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• Rescuers use new tech to save caver trapped vertically in Alberta's 'Psych Squeeze'

  21-08-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  A caver has been rescued after being trapped vertically underground at the Rat's Nest Cave in Canmore, Alta., in an operation that deployed volunteer-built underground radio technology for the first time.
  
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• Port Hope's radioactive past fuels pushback against proposed nuclear reactor

  21-08-2026 10:20 via sudbury.com
  
  PORT HOPE — When the Ontario government announced plans earlier this year to build what could become one of the world's largest nuclear power plants in a picturesque community of roughly 18,000 people, the news came wrapped in a series of celebratory
  
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