Good morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are a few stories to get you started this week.
Ontarians can now add 'ç, è, é, ê, ë' to reflect their legal names on some photo ID
When Ontarians who spell their names using French language characters next visit ServiceOntario for renewal, they can request that those characters are reflected on their eligible identification cards. The provincial government says it is delivering on its commitment to make more government services available in French by adding French language characters, such as accents (ç, è, é, ê, ë), to driver's licence cards and Ontario Photo Cards. The government says this added option to Ontario driver's licence cards and Ontario Photo Cards is "a first step in the province's plan to make French characters available on all Ontario government products." Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation said, "Ontario's Francophone community will now see their identity reflected in these products through the use of proper French spelling and characters. This demonstrates our government's ongoing commitment to supporting Ontario's Francophonie."
Sudbury reopens all public libraries locations
The Greater Sudbury Public Library will complete its phased reopening of all 13 locations on Oct. 19. Greater Sudbury Public Library board chair Michael Bellmore reminds residents that public safety measures remain in effect at all library locations. “Patrons must wear a mask, disinfect their hands often and stay home when not feeling well,” Bellmore said in a press release. “Each location has an occupancy limit so we ask patrons to complete their visit in a timely manner. Enhanced cleaning remains in effect and we will continue to quarantine returned or heavily used materials for seven days before returning them to circulation.” Residents who do not feel comfortable visiting an indoor library can continue to borrow library materials through curbside pickup at most locations.
Let’s Eat: For this Sudbury bakery the delicate art of the perfect croissant is an obsession
How can yeast-leavened dough, butter and a 400F-degree oven result in such amazing creations? Food writer Hugh Kruzel explores the buttery, flaky perfection that is a croissant in the latest story in Let’s Eat, a year-long celebration of Greater Sudbury’s vibrant food scene. For years, North Americans have tried and failed at delivery of the “real” thing. What was it that made our baked goods less realistic? Was it the little café table, the bistro chairs, the red and white checked tablecloths, and the sound of Boules in the village square that presented place and expressed what the French call ‘terroir’ or sense of place? “Certainly since Pinchman’s has opened the croissant has been my main focus/obsession,” McMullan said.
Read the full delicious story here.
Dubious distinction: Top 10 Canadian frauds that may cost you money
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, located in North Bay, has released its "Top 10" cyber-related frauds. October is "Cyber Security Awareness Month." "The Internet, emails, and social media are increasingly used to target Canadians with false, deceptive, misleading, and fraudulent solicitations or demands. In 2019, cyber-related frauds accounted for nearly 30 per cent of all fraud reports and 40 per cent of reported losses.," says the Centre. This growing trend is continuing in 2020. It is estimated that less than five per cent of fraud victims report their occurrences to the CAFC.
To see the full list, click here.
Will it be Northern Ontario minerals going into Oakville-produced electric cars or Congolese?
With the government investing in electric vehicles, Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus said the region should "seize this moment." At the Timmins Chamber's town State of COVID-19 townhall Oct. 7, Angus talked about the exciting potential for the area. The federal and provincial governments announced a combined $590-million investment on Oct. 8 for Ford Motor Company's $1.8-million retooling of its Oakville assembly plant to start rolling electric vehicles off the line by 2025. To do that, Angus said they need nickel, copper, and cobalt for the electric batteries. “And you know where they’re getting cobalt and copper from? They’re getting it from Congo. And there’s a worldwide campaign against the export of these minerals because of the human rights violations, taking nickel from Indonesia where they’re using coal."
Find the full story on the Sudbury.com homepage.
Northern Ontario benefits from new COVID-19 rapid-testing technology
Industry and business has responded well to a new Canadian COVID-19 test device that was first put into action at a Northern Ontario gold mine just three months ago. The portable device, about the size of a bread toaster,is the SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time RT-PCR, distributed by Precision Biomonitoring of Guelph. It was approved by Health Canada on June 30. Two weeks later on July 13, the first test kit was used at the New Gold Inc. mine near Rainy River. Since then, the test kit has become a success story, said to Dr. Mario Thomas, CEO of Precision. Without revealing the names of clients, Thomas said a uranium mining company and an iron ore company also bought test kits. Some test kits have also been distributed to remote First Nations in Northern Ontario. The attraction said Thomas is that the kit allows health care workers in remote places to do a COVID test on mine employees with results available in just over an hour. This means employees do not have to wait a couple of days in isolation for test results that are sent out to a hospital or health lab. It also means other mine workers are able to continue working if they have no COVID-19 symptoms.
Find the full story on the Sudbury.com homepage.
Hold onto your hats, it’s going to be a windy morning
Hang onto your hats, Greater Sudbury, it promises to be a gusty morning. There will be a few showers this morning, but the skies will clear as the day goes on. The wind will be blowing from the southeast at about 30 km/h, but it will be gusting up to 60 km/h, which might be enough to get most of the remaining leaves off the trees. Today’s high is 13 with a UV index of three or moderate. Tonight, there is a 60-per-cent chance of showers and a low of just 4C.
