Jenny Lamothe

Ontario

Writer and Voice Actor at Freelance

Reporter at Sudbury Northern Life

Journalist, Writer and Voice Actor. She/Her. Storyteller, champion of context, enthusiasm personified.

Articles

One Ontario man’s fight to save the province’s moose population

1 week ago | orilliamatters.com | Jenny Lamothe

Alan Bisset, a retired moose biologist, is fighting like hell to save Ontario’s moose population, and he’s not afraid of locking antlers to do so. “I always used to joke that I work for moose, first, the public, second, the Ministry of Natural Resources, third,” he said.
OPP violate rights of man arrested for drunk driving, court rules

Oct 18, 2024 | burlingtontoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

SUDBURY - After being found guilty of impaired driving, a man charged by the Sudbury Ontario Provincial Police in 2023 has been acquitted of the charges after a judge found his Canadian Charter rights were violated. Sudbury provincial court Justice Graham Jenner heard the case on Aug. 1-2 and Aug. 13, releasing his decision on Oct. 15.
Charges stayed against Ministry of Labour for 2006 Sudbury mining death

Sep 19, 2024 | northernontariobusiness.com | Jenny Lamothe

Charges laid in relation to the 2006 mining death of Raymond Campeau have been stayed to allow for further investigation. John Corelli, the director for the complex prosecutions bureau with the Attorney General's office, explained the Crown’s decision during a court appearance in Sudbury on Sept. 18.
Opinion: Be sure to use safe supply this long weekend

Aug 31, 2024 | burlingtontoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

Straws used for snorting drugs, including cocaine, are included in the kits distributed as part of harm reduction best practices. They are usually between four and six inches, and either coloured or striped, much as drink straws are, and replace rolled dollar bills or other objects used to inhale drugs, objects that could have mould or bacteria that could cause a lung infection, or worse.
MPP Michael Mantha sexually harassed employee, told her to send explicit photos, investigation concluded

Aug 9, 2024 | thetrillium.ca | Jenny Lamothe

A version of this article was first published by SooToday, a Village Media publication. MPP Michael Mantha repeatedly sexually harassed a female employee at his Elliot Lake office and requested that she send him sexually explicit photos of herself, according to the findings of an independent investigation conducted last year.
Ministry of Labour now facing criminal charges in mining death

Jul 2, 2024 | northernontariobusiness.com | Jenny Lamothe

In 2006, Raymond Campeau was fatally injured at Podolsky Mine in Capreol. Since that time, his widow, Faye Campeau — who now goes by Fay Smith in court documents, and will be referred to as Smith here — has been in and out of the courts in an attempt to hold both the mine’s owner and the Ministry of Labour accountable. In 2021, a judge awarded Smith more than $2 million in civil damages from the province, but months later that judgment was set aside, and Smith ended up agreeing to a settlement.
BEYOND LOCAL: Man serving life for murder in Sudbury charged with sexual assault in North Bay

Mar 27, 2024 | burlingtontoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

Facing new charges in North Bay, Wright is already serving a life sentence for the 1998 murder of Renée Sweeney in Sudbury Robert Steven Wright made another court appearance March 27 for an update on his case. Wright, convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Sudbury woman Renée Sweeney, is facing charges of criminal harassment, forcible confinement and two counts of sexual assault from incidents in North Bay predating his Sudbury murder conviction. Wright was charged on Dec. 14, 2023.
Private searchers consult psychics to find missing councillor

Feb 13, 2024 | burlingtontoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on Sudbury.com a Village Media website in Sudbury. A former mayoral candidate and a man described as Ward 2 Coun. Michael Vagnini’s adviser held a press conference today to tell the community they had consulted two psychics to assist in the search for the missing politician. Vagnini was declared missing Jan.
Ten years later, Northern Ontario Film Studios still an industry leader

Dec 4, 2023 | northernontariobusiness.com | Jenny Lamothe

When David Anselmo was in school in Sudbury, filmmaker was not on the list of options his guidance counsellor could give him. Anselmo is now the president of production for Hideaway Pictures, Northern Ontario’s first film production company, and head of strategic development for Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS), the area’s largest film studio. “Growing up in Sudbury, we never really had an opportunity to be filmmakers, in a professional sense of the word,” Anselmo told Sudbury.com.
Sudbury’s oldest flower shop still blooming

Oct 31, 2023 | northernontariobusiness.com | Jenny Lamothe

When Pat Ptaszynski began at Rosery Florist, it was for one day, Mother’s Day, and just to help out. That was 73 years ago, in 1950. Today, she is the owner, and on the eve of her 90th birthday, which is coming up in December. But she told Sudbury.com what she tells her staff every five years: “I’ll give it another five years.”Now Sudbury’s oldest floral shop, Rosery Florist initially opened up just down the street, at 78 Larch St., before moving down the street to No. 74 just 10 years later.