Good morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are some stories to start your day.
GSPS Moose Hunt offers cultural teachings to youth, officers
In the second year of the program, not only will Indigenous youth be a part of Greater Sudbury Police’s Mooz Akinonmaaget Maa Aki (Moose Who Teaches Land Survival), but non-Indigenous youth as well.
It’s a chance for cross-cultural sharing, Det-Cst. Darrell Rivers told Sudbury.com at the launch of the event.
Rivers is the Indigenous Liaison Officer with GSPS and is one of the founders of the program, along with child and family services organizations and Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre. The first run of the program began in June of 2021 and finished with a great feast in November that year.
Working in partnership with local Indigenous agencies that help youth in care and in transition such as Kina Gbezhgomi Child & Family Services, Nogdawindamin Family & Community Services and Niijaansinaanik Child and Family Services to create a pilot program, there was the hope of offering both a practical education in hunting, but also, a spiritual one.
You can read the full story here.
Sudbury resident severely injured in ATV race
A Sudbury resident is in a West Virginia hospital after he was severely injured during an ATV race there over the weekend.
Nathan Reid, 26, was airlifted to hospital after he crashed his ATV while racing in the Grand National Cross-Country Series at Snowshoe Mountain resort June 25th.
Sibling Alex Reid says his brother broke his femur in three places, his pelvis in three places and sustained a fracture along his back as a result of the crash.
You can read more about him here.
Wolves take Ranger in trade with Steelheads
The Sudbury Wolves have traded a fourth-round draft pick in 2023 for Mississauga Steelheads netminder Joe Ranger.
“We are very excited to add Joe Ranger to our hockey club,” Sudbury Wolves VP & General Manager Rob Papineau said in a news release. “We know him well, having faced him numerous times over the past three seasons.”
Papineau highlighted Ranger’s “impressive” 0.911 save percentage in 29 games and his playoffs save percentage of 0.922 in three games.
A native of Carp, Ont., Ranger stands 6-1 and weighs in at 196 pounds. He is going into his fourth season in the OHL. In 2021-2022, Ranger had a “standout season,” the Wolves said, holding a Goals Against Average of 2.54, a Save Percentage of 0.911 and a record of 16 wins, nine losses and one overtime loss.
You can read more about the trade here.
SNOLAB hires new executive director
SNOLAB has hired Dr. Jody Cooley as the new executive director for the underground research laboratory. Cooley will be taking over for Dr. Clarence Virtue, who served as interim executive director.
A professor of physics at Southern Methodist University and deputy operations manager for the SuperCDMS Collaboration, Cooley will lead a team of more than 140 staff providing business, engineering,construction, installation, technical, and operations support to its award-winning research program. “SNOLAB plays a unique and vital role in both the international astroparticle physics community, and in Canada’s research ecosystem,” said Cooley in a release from the laboratory. “I look forward to continuing this legacy of excellence.”
Read more about Cooley and SNOLAB by clicking here.
Feds pledge $1.6M toward summer jobs in Nickel Belt
Through the Canada Summer Jobs Program, $1.6 million in federal funding has gone toward hiring youths in the Nickel Belt riding alone, funding 569 jobs
This, a media release by Nickel Belt Liberal MP Marc Serré notes, has allowed for the creation of 569 job opportunities through 133 unique employers.
“Youth have shown resilience through the COVID-19 pandemic and going forward, there’s been a great sense of duty to help them find new opportunities to pave their path,” he said in the media release. “I’ve seen firsthand the positive benefit this program also has for employers and the not-for-profit sector. It is a true win-win situation.”
Nationally, the program received more than 48,000 applications, representing more than 233,000 jobs requested. In the end, more than 39,000 projects were approved for funding this year, representing more than 140,000 job opportunities.
You can read more about the funding here.
Poll finds Francophones support stand-alone French university
The Coalition nord-ontarienne pour une université de langue française (Northern Ontario Coalition for a French-Language University) are pleased with the results of a recent survey they commissioned showing what they believe is clear support for a standalone French-Language University in Sudbury.
The telephone survey was completed by Oraclepoll Research Limited in May, speaking to 1000 Francophone residents, 18 years of age or older, living in the provincial ridings of Sudbury, Nickel Belt, Timmins, Nipissing and Timiskaming-Cochrane.
The results showed 82 per cent of the Francophones surveyed said they are in favour of having a standalone French-language University in Sudbury.
You can read the full results of the poll here.
Rainbow board achieves 100% EcoSchools certification
When Rainbow District School Board declared a climate change emergency, a commitment was made to have all of its schools EcoSchools Canada Certified by 2022.
As the school year draws to a close, EcoSchools Canada has officially confirmed that the mission has been accomplished. Rainbow District School Board is one of only two school boards in Canada to have achieved this distinction in the 2021-2022 school year.
“Achieving 100 per cent EcoSchools certification is a very significant achievement for a school board,” said EcoSchools Canada Program Manager Clara Luke, in a press release.
You can read more about their efforts here.
