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Minister issues non-committal letter on Cecil Facer closure - Sudbury News
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) The Greater Sudbury Police Service Board urged the province to reconsider the planned closure of the Cecil Facer Youth Centre "as a critical Northern Ontario institution...
Province doubles capacity for new Sudbury women's correctional facility
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (416+ words) The province has announced that 100 adult offenders will be held at the new correctional facility they're building at the Cecil Facer property in Sudbury's Mc Farlane Lake neighbourhood. This doubles the initially projected capacity for the female correctional facility, which…...
Conservation Sudbury: Wanapitei River water level continues to remain high
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (246+ words) In issuing a flood outlook for the Wanapitei River effective May 15 through May 22, Conservation Sudbury says levels in the Wanapitei River watershed will remain elevated for the next couple of weeks. In a news release, the conservation authority points to…...
Mental health workers accused of assaulting child at Niagara Region school
21+ hour, 55+ min ago (180+ words) WELLAND " Two mental health counsellors have been arrested after allegedly using excessive force on a child at a school in Ontario's Niagara Region. Police say they began investigating last month after an alleged assault at the Mountainview Centre for Innovative…...
North Bay's collision deaths rival homicides, police say
22+ hour, 6+ min ago (389+ words) With motor vehicle collision deaths continuing to rival " and at times exceed " homicide rates in North Bay, police say a new data-driven roadmap will focus resources on the locations and behaviours most closely linked to serious crashes. NBPS'has published its…...
Here's how Victoria Day will affect city services in Sudbury
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (111+ words) If you're wondering which city services will be operating on Victoria Day Monday and which won't, wonder no longer. The following municipal services will be closed to the public on Victoria Day, which is Monday, May 18: That's not to say…...
Ontario spent nearly $200k in aviation-related costs for returned private jet: docs
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (612+ words) TORONTO " Ontario taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $200, 000 over Premier Doug Ford's flip-flop on a $28. 9-million private jet purchase, newly released documents from the premier's office show. Ford's office confirmed on April 17 that the province bought a used 2016 Bombardier…...
Environment Canada issues frost advisory for tonight
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (103+ words) Sudbury News Environment Canada issues frost advisory for tonight Environment Canada has issued a yellow level frost advisory for Greater Sudbury and the area. "Patchy frost is expected tonight as temperatures drop to near or at the freezing mark," the…...
Most Ontario-approved medical AI scribes erred in tests: auditor general
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (572+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen's Park. Most AI note-takers approved for medical workers by the Ontario government had errors in their testing, the province's…...
Commercial trucker training and licensing problematic in Ontario: auditor general
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (958+ words) TORONTO " Ontario is not effectively monitoring commercial truck driver training and licensing regimes, leading to many unqualified drivers on the roads, the province's auditor general found in a special report released Tuesday. Shelley Spence said her office has uncovered career…...