Moving to phase 2: Sudbury invited to advance its bid for 2021 Canada Summer Games

All four Ontario communities that have applied to host the 2012 Canada Summer Games are moving into the next phase of the selection process, including Greater Sudbury.

How 'walk-able' is your neighbourhood? New project will point the way

by Angela Gemmill

There are new signs posted around parts of Sudbury pointing the way to the city's best walking routes. They're part of the new Walk Sudbury initiative. It's a project from the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury, Downtown Sudbury and the city's Healthy Kids Community Challenge program.

Assault on Notre Dame Avenue sends Ottawa man to hospital

Greater Sudbury Police report that 38-year-old Ottawa man was beaten and robbed in Sudbury on Saturday night.

After years of flooding, Kashechewan residents want to know: Do we stay or go?

A referendum will be held in Kashechewan next week on whether the flood-prone community should be moved.

Ontario promises electricity bill rebates in throne speech

The Ontario government promised in a throne speech today that it will provide rebates to urban and rural residents and small businesses to help offset high electricity rates.

Police investigate detonation of homemade bomb behind Montrose Mall

Sudbury police are trying to find the man who detonated a small explosive device behind the Montrose Mall Sunday.

Police make arrest in New Sudbury stabbing

Greater Sudbury police arrested a 45-year-old man after another man was stabbed on Saturday.

Staggering food prices in northern First Nations mean 'children literally going hungry'

by Olivia Stefanovich

People living in remote First Nation communities on the James Bay Coast have to spend over half of their income on food in order to meet basic nutritional requirements, according to a new study released on Monday by Food Secure Canada.

ELLIOT LAKE Trial of ex-engineer charged in Elliot Lake mall collapse heads into 2nd week

by Olivia Stefanovich

The Crown is expected to call more witnesses this week to comment on the state of the Algo Centre Mall before and after it collapsed, as the trial of the only person charged in connection to the disaster heads into its second week.

Parents searching for ideas to keep Lively high school open

An announcement from the Rainbow District School Board that the school is under review for possible closure or consolidation has parents and students in Lively rallying to save their local high school.

Sudbury police officer pleads guilty to fraud

by Marina von Stackelberg

Sudbury police officer Christopher Labreche has pleaded guilty to one count of fraud over $5,000.

Two former West Nipissing managers charged with fraud

by Marina von Stackelberg

Ontario Provincial Police have charged three men with fraud in connection with alleged financial irregularities involving the municipality of West Nipissing.

Appealing to seniors: How to make Sudbury more age friendly

by Angela Gemmill

Sudbury's older population is looking at what changes need to be made to make the city more age friendly. A group of seniors met Thursday to discuss specific issues they feel are important to older adults.

Video 'Design factory' in downtown Sudbury opens doors to architecture students

What five years ago was a farmer's market parking lot is now a home to hundreds of architecture students and professors.

New Gord Downie work devoted to First Nations boy who died running away from residential school

by Jody Porter

A 12-year-old Ojibway boy who died from hunger and exposure after trying to find his way home from a residential school is the inspiration behind a new project from Gord Downie.

'Who we are as a school': Sudbury neighbourhood welcomes new elementary school

The first day of school also marked the opening of a brand new Catholic elementary school in the Donovan neighbourhood of Sudbury. St. David elementary school, constructed at a cost of $8-million, opened its doors to students for the first time Wednesday.

THE FOLO Giving 'second chances' to 'wandering souls'

Norm Beauvais walks calmly up the steps of the Sudbury courthouse, a yellow notepad with a list of names under his arm. But as soon as he's through the doors, he kicks into gear. Almost becomes a different person.

New Letters of note: new fall series on CBC Sudbury's Morning North

When Janet Young was 22, she left her her Cape Breton home of Reserve Mines to spend a summer working in Killarney, Ont. It was 1990, the maritime economy was stagnating, and she needed to find work.

Habitat for at-risk turtle overlaps with planned Sudbury strip mall development

A Sudbury construction company is waiting to hear whether a nearby turtle habitat will hold up its plan to build a strip mall.