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

Sudbury officer’s guilty plea earns discharge after breaking man’s face

1 week ago | elliotlaketoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

A Greater Sudbury Police officer has been granted an absolute discharge by a Sudbury judge after he pleaded guilty to assault for breaking a man’s face during a 2023 arrest. Greater Sudbury Police Const. Jean-Yves Lacasse, 29, was charged on June 12, 2024 with assault causing bodily harm by the Special Investigations Unit, for an arrest that occurred Dec. 8., 2023. Lacasse has been an officer with GSPS since 2019.
Sudbury officer’s guilty plea earns discharge after breaking man’s face

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

A Greater Sudbury Police officer has been granted an absolute discharge by a Sudbury judge after he pleaded guilty to assault for breaking a man’s face during a 2023 arrest. Greater Sudbury Police Const. Jean-Yves Lacasse, 29, was charged on June 12, 2024 with assault causing bodily harm by the Special Investigations Unit, for an arrest that occurred Dec. 8., 2023. Lacasse has been an officer with GSPS since 2019.
Cambrian College prof’s claims of Indigenous heritage questioned

3 weeks ago | villagereport.ca | Jenny Lamothe

SUDBURY - The self-identified Indigenous chair of the school of Interdisciplinary Studies and Public Safety at Cambrian College is facing allegations of being a “pretendian.” The allegations about their Indigeneity (which you can read here) have been made by a group known as the Ghost Warrior Society. Bradie Granger, who has been with the school since 2017, is also the head of Cambrian’s Indigenous Transition Program.
New report shows most Sudbury homeless people are locals

3 weeks ago | thetrillium.ca | Jenny Lamothe

More demographic information from the 2024 point-in-time count is set to hit the council table on May 21, not only showing that the majority of Sudbury’s homeless are local, but that 41 per cent were homeless for the first time before they were 24. The point-in-time count is a federally mandated estimate of those experiencing homelessness in each municipality that receives funding from Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy. In Sudbury, the count was carried out Oct.
Lack of working elevators traps seniors in 16-story apartment building

3 weeks ago | villagereport.ca | Jenny Lamothe

SUDBURY - Right now, there are seniors trapped in Bonik Tower, a 16-floor apartment building in New Sudbury. The only two elevators that service the building, geared specifically to seniors, have been shut down by the fire department due to disrepair. It’s been that way since at least April 28, but the sources we spoke with told us one elevator has been out for almost a year, and the other has always been spotty at best.
Greater Sudbury mayor focused on critical minerals

1 month ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Jenny Lamothe

It was the city’s Latin motto, Aedificemus, that gave rise to the theme of Mayor Paul Lefebvre's annual State of the City address, which he translated as "Come, let us build together." Hosted by the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, the May 1 speech was the mayor's third address since he was elected in 2022. A packed house heard the mayor speak to the economic progress and vision for the city, and saw the first ever showing of the artist rendition of the new downtown events centre facade.
First Nation MPP hopeful for new pope as cardinals enter conclave

1 month ago | pelhamtoday.ca | Jenny Lamothe

With the death of Pope Francis on April 21 and the conclave set to begin May 7, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa has some fears. Mamakwa, who is Oji-Cree from Kingfisher Lake First Nation, was there on July 25, 2022, and sat beside then-NDP-leader Jagmeet Singh at the grounds of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School in the community of Maskwacis, Alta. and watched as Pope Francis offered an apology to those who suffered in the residential schools.
First Nation MPP hopeful for new pope as cardinals enter conclave

1 month ago | villagereport.ca | Jenny Lamothe

With the death of Pope Francis on April 21 and the conclave set to begin May 7, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa has some fears. Mamakwa, who is Oji-Cree from Kingfisher Lake First Nation, was there on July 25, 2022, and sat beside then-NDP-leader Jagmeet Singh at the grounds of the former Ermineskin Indian Residential School in the community of Maskwacis, Alta. and watched as Pope Francis offered an apology to those who suffered in the residential schools.
Vandals rip down Sudbury family’s Pride flag, leave church flyers

1 month ago | baytoday.ca | Jenny Lamothe

The Easter weekend is a joyous time, and not just because it’s often the first taste of spring in Sudbury. But for the Carswell family, Courtney and David and their two young sons, it ended quite sadly. They awoke on Easter Monday (April 21) to find that overnight, the Pride flag that hung on their home had been ripped down, and church flyers from the Sudbury Seventh-day Adventist Church had been left behind.
Sudbury Police officer found not guilty of uttering threats against child

1 month ago | sootoday.com | Jenny Lamothe

While a provincial court judge found that she made “a terrible error in judgment”, Melisa Rancourt was found not guilty of uttering threats in court on Tuesday, the only charge she faced after three were initially laid. A Greater Sudbury Police officer and Espanola hockey coach, Rancourt has waited more than a year for an end to the proceedings and wept deeply after the verdict was read. Initial charges against Rancourt were laid on Feb. 11, 2024.