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1 week ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
The president of Laurentian University is reflecting on her first six months at the Sudbury school. Lynn Wells was the keynote speaker a luncheon Tuesday hosted by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce in Copper Cliff. Since joining Laurentian, Wells said her focus has been the university’s five-year strategic plan. Lynn Wells Laurentian University president Lynn Wells was keynote speaker a luncheon Tuesday hosted by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce in Copper Cliff.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
Sudbury marked the 108th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on Wednesday, the First World War battle where thousands of Canadians lost their lives. Bagpipes began the emotional ceremony to mark Vimy Ridge Day at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 76 in Sudbury.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
A former train station in French River is marking its 100th anniversary. Formerly owned and operated by Canadian Pacific Railway, the station opened in 1923, serving as the sole transportation for passengers and supplies to northern Ontario. Highway 69 and other major routes did not exist during that time. Lloyd Smith purchased the station in 2006 and transformed it into a home. “It was quite a gathering point for years,” he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
Dozens of community partners gathered in Sudbury on Tuesday to sign the fifth edition of the Community Threat Assessment Protocol. The protocol was created to prevent and respond to tragic events in schools. Sudbury is one of the first regions in Ontario to sign the fifth edition of the protocol. It was established more than two decades ago during a time when school shootings were on the rise across North America. It was introduced to Sudbury in 2011.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
A Labour Day long weekend favourite has returned to Greater Sudbury’s Bell Park. The 15th annual Sudbury Ribfest is back for three days of live music, activities and delicious food. Sudbury’s last hurrah of summer“It is the perfect hurrah for the last, you know, long weekend before our kids go back to school,” said festival organizer Kelsey Cutinello.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
Gas prices dropped across much of Canada on Tuesday, including in northern Ontario. “I think they’re great for at least for today. Who knows what’s going to happen tomorrow,” a Sudbury resident said. Sudbury gas In Greater Sudbury, gasbuddy.com said prices fell to $1.247 a litre, compared to around $1.60 around the same time last year. (Photo from video) In Greater Sudbury, gasbuddy.com said prices fell to $1.247 a litre, compared to around $1.60 around the same time last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
While some Canadians have cancelled their plans to travel to the United States, many Americans are still going ahead with their vacations in northern Ontario. Jim Fosbrink of Ohio is one of them. Fosbrink has a history on Manitoulin Island spanning four generations. His great-grandfather purchased a property in Kagawong in the 1930s. He and his family have spent many summers there. Fosbrink family Jim Fosbrink of Ohio and his familyhave a history on Manitoulin Island spanning four generations.
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4 weeks ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
After a six-month hiatus, the trial of a Sudbury police officer accused of threatening players after a youth hockey game last year continued in Espanola on Thursday. Melisa Rancourt, 51, is charged with uttering threats and causing a disturbance while she was off-duty and coaching a game in Espanola. Water tower in the Espanola Water tower in the Espanola.
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1 month ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks |Dan Bertrand
A Sudbury mother is sharing her family’s story to raise awareness about the lack of autism supports in northern Ontario, a situation that has forced her to place her nine-year-old daughter in the temporary care of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) five hours away. The mother, whose identity is being withheld to protect her child, said her daughter was diagnosed with severe, non-verbal autism and developmental disabilities as a toddler.
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1 month ago | 
ctvnews.ca | Amanda Hicks
A transgender woman in Greater Sudbury is expressing frustration after repeatedly receiving a voter’s card bearing her former name, despite legally changing her name over a decade ago. Catherine Hart, who transitioned and updated her legal documents more than 10 years ago, said she continues to receive voter cards with her old name during provincial elections.
