Good morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are some stories to start your day.
Emergency Services honoured at Community Safety night
The evening of Oct. 13 brought the City of Greater Sudbury’s Community Safety Department Recognition Night, the first opportunity for civic recognition of Sudbury’s firefighters and paramedics since the beginning of the pandemic.
The event, held a the Steelworkers’ Hall on Brady Street, was also a chance to honour those who never came home, with a special memorial table set, graced with a rose, the equipment of both firefighters and paramedics, as well as a salt shaker representing the tears shed for those who lost their lives in the line of duty.
You can read more about the awards and see the photo gallery here.
City of Sudbury experiencing blue box shortage
Due to the rising costs of blue box production, the City of Greater Sudbury has announced that suppliers have been unable to provide any at the original tendered rates. The City has re-tendered for the supply of Blue Boxes and recently awarded a new contract, to begin in November. “As a result, the City is currently experiencing a Blue Box shortage,” states a release from the municipality. “Until supplies are replenished, new or additional blue boxes will not be available to residents, but the City will continue to take requests.”
Residents can continue to place an unlimited amount of blue box recyclables at the roadside by using a cardboard box or any other container similar in size to a blue box, such as a laundry basket or storage container, provided it does not have a hinged lid. If possible, these containers should be placed next to a blue box.
For the full story, click here.
Colts win by a nose in Friday night showing against Wolves
Though the Sudbury Wolves netminder, Joe Ranger offered a formidable performance in regulation time, he couldn’t rein in the Barrie Colts in overtime, with a final score of 2-1 Colts.
Ranger made an incredible 38 saves on 40 shots and had the crowd on their feet with several highlight reel saves, but the added time gave the chance for Barrie’s Connor Punnett to net the winner with 1:05 to spare. An Arizona Coyotes prospect, Barrie Colt’s goaltender Anson Thornton stopped 44 of 45 shots for the win.
You can read the full story here.
Sudbury celebrates Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Sudbury residents may have noticed the flags flying at the James Jerome Sports Complex earlier this month to indicate that October is Learning Disabilities Awareness Month in Greater Sudbury.
Organizers say this is a time to see, to understand and to appreciate those in our communities who might have a learning disability but still contribute to the overall success of our society.
Along with the flag raising event, the organizers said no less than 2080 small flags representing the total number of students who have been identified with a learning disability within our school system were planted along Paris Street.
For more details, read the full story here.
World music band Los Variants coming to Place des Arts
his month’s performance at Place des Arts by musical act Los Variants will be a homecoming for band leader Vince Maccarone.
Originally from Sudbury, Maccarone is now based in Toronto and has toured throughout North America, Australia, the Caribbean and Europe.
“My first gig was at the Coulson Hotel when I was 17 years old,” he said in a media release. “I also played The Mine Mill Hall with blues band The Sidemen many years ago. After recent tours across Canada, it will be very nice to come home.”
Los Variants is his brainchild of Maccarone, and a media release describes them as being “based on celebrating diversity by bending some of the rules of staying in one genre. The band takes the audience on a musical journey around the world maintaining a common thread in jazz and roots music. Expect Flamenco, Middle Eastern groove, AfroFunk and Caribbean rhythms to create a seamless mosaic of international groove.”
You can find more information here.
Technology can make Northern roads safer, slower: report
Technology can be used to make Northern Ontario roads safer with such things as sensors that will automatically create a lower speed limit if the roads are too snowy or ice-covered.
Using the technology can reduce crashes and save lives according to a detailed report published by the Northern Policy Institute (NPI), — Smart Solutions for Northern Roads authored by William Dunstan.
Dunstan argued that by using existing technology to change accepted driving practises, fewer crashes would occur and lives could be saved. It would also reduce the number of driving disruptions from closed highways.
For more information about available technologies, click here.
NOBEEP hosting an open house on Oct. 21
The Northern Ontario Black Economic Empowerment Program (NOBEEP) is hosting an open house on Oct. 21 for those interested in learning more about what they do.
Their downtown office, at 73 Elm Street, opened earlier this year with a mandate of helping Black entrepreneurs get businesses rolling by helping link them up with available services.
Their Oct. 21 open house will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is planned as an informal event with light refreshments, during which people can stop by to ask how to engage with the organization and any other information related to their mandate.
For more information about the open house, click here.
More rain to start the week
The rain will carry on from the weekend into Monday with showers predicted for most of the day. There will be fog patches early, but dissipating in the morning. A 20 km/h wind will be coming from the northeast, gusting to 40 km/h for the morning, with a high of 6. The UV index 1 or low.
Showers will continue into the overnight with wind from the north at 20 km/h gusting to 40, becoming light near midnight. The low will be 4.
For current weather conditions, short-term and long-term forecasts visit Sudbury.com's weather page at www.sudbury.com/weather
