Dr. Paul Malette, 63, has been suspended for three months, starting on December 16, 2019. The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons handed down the discipline, saying his behaviour "would reasonably be regarded ... as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional."

The proposed tax levy for Greater Sudbury has dropped to about t 3.2 per cent, but the 2020 municipal budget still hasn't been finalized. Budget deliberations are expected to continue throughout December.

A new article co-authored by Professor Alessandro Ielpi of Laurentian University and published Dec. 2 in the journal Nature Geoscience could reshape the way we think about the interrelationship between plant life, rivers and the earth.

The provincial government's new animal welfare legislation will be enforced by a specialized team of provincial inspectors, but it remains unclear how much the initiative will cost.