Laurentian debt plan goes to a vote on Wednesday
No matter how you look at it, and no matter the outcome, Sept. 14, 2022 will be a pivotal day in Laurentian University’s 62-year history in this community. On Sept. 14, Laurentian’s creditors will attend a virtual meeting to vote on the “plan of arrangement.” Laurentian has been undergoing court-supervised restructuring since declaring insolvency in February 2021, and filing for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (or CCAA). A plan of arrangement is essentially a plan put forward by an insolvent organization to pay out its creditors, and it must be approved by these creditors. Provided the plan of arrangement is approved by a majority in number of affected creditors present at the meeting (representing at least two-thirds of the total dollar value of proven claims), the university expects to go back to court to finally exit CCAA creditor protection on Oct. 5. If the plan is rejected, Laurentian said in a circular to creditors last month the most likely outcome would be liquidation. Read the full story.
Fatal crashes in Greater Sudbury:
Two people died in separate fatal crashes in the Greater Sudbury area Tuesday. A 42-year-old man was killed in a head-on collision on Radar Road Tuesday morning. Shortly before 5:55 a.m. Sept. 13, officers were dispatched to a serious collision involving two vehicles on Radar Road. Information provided was that two vehicles had been involved in a head-on collision, leaving both drivers trapped inside their vehicles. Both drivers were the lone occupants in their vehicles. With the assistance of City of Greater Sudbury Fire Services, the drivers were removed from their respective vehicles. Unfortunately, one of the drivers, a 42-year-old man, was pronounced deceased on scene. The second driver, a 54-year-old man, was transported to hospital by City of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
A 22-year-old woman also died after an early-morning collision Tuesday in which she and another pedestrian were struck by a vehicle in New Sudbury. Shortly after 7:35 a.m. Sept. 13, Greater Sudbury Police officers were dispatched to a serious collision involving two pedestrians at the intersection of Lasalle Boulevard and Barrydowne Road. Upon arrival, officers located two pedestrians, a 22-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, who had sustained serious injuries as a result of the collision. Both individuals were transported to hospital by City of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services. Unfortunately, the woman was pronounced deceased at the hospital by medical professionals. The man remains in the hospital with serious injuries.The woman’s name will not be released out of respect for her family’s wishes. Greater Sudbury Police extended condolences to her family and friends.The 34-year-old man driving the vehicle involved in the collision has been charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle.
Montrose Ave. traffic concerns being addressed in Official Plan
Whenever Montrose Avenue finally connects with Maley Drive, the city is now expected to take steps to ensure it doesn’t become a thoroughfare like Barrydowne Road or Municipal Road 80. This is in accordance with a motion Ward 12 Joscelyne Landry-Altmann put forward during Monday’s planning committee meeting, which passed unanimously. The “slight bends that would be 50 metres in length compared to a direct connection” proposed in the Official Plan for Montrose Avenue’s northward expansion to Maley Drive were not adequate, Landry-Altmann told her colleagues during Monday’s meeting. “The residents felt that just having 50 metres where you have a slight bend that fits into an easement is not sufficient and does not meet the spirit of what was presented in 2016,” she said. The direction city council provided in 2016, according to her motion’s preamble, was for any changes to Montrose Avenue to maintain and protect “the residential character of the neighbourhood, including appropriate lane widths, identify traffic calming measures including meandering, sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, street trees and street lighting, and which will encourage local traffic use.” In the motion passed Monday, the Official Plan will be amended to include a meandering design on the Montrose Avenue expansion “with more pronounced bends to achieve greater reductions in traffic volumes and speeding, non-local traffic and potential heavy truck traffic, to be more in line with the direction provided by council.” Read the full story on Sudbury.com's home page.
Monday will be federal holiday to mark Queen's state funeral
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Sept. 19 will be a federal holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth II on the day of her state funeral in London. Speaking at a caucus retreat in New Brunswick today, Trudeau says "declaring an opportunity for Canadians to mourn on Monday is going to be important." He says the government will be working with provinces and territories to ensure they're "aligned." Monday will be a holiday for federal employees and those in federally regulated industries, but it will be up to provincial and territorial governments to declare the holiday for remaining workers.Trudeau also says he and the opposition leaders' offices are working on a final list for the delegation that will attend the funeral in person. Commemoration ceremonies will also be held in Canada, including a parade, a flypast and a church service in Ottawa that will be televised nationally.
Pursuit: Hall of fame for Sudbury-born 2000s varsity soccer star
Never in the history of Saint Joseph’s University women’s soccer program had the Hawks qualified for Atlantic 10 Conference post-season play – at least not prior to the arrival of Sudbury sensation Megan Schutt in the fall of 2003. Nearly 20 years after posting the second highest single season goals and point totals (11 G – 27 PTS) in program history, earning All-Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Star accolades in the process, the graduate of Lockerby Composite has been named as one of seven women being inducted into the Saint Joseph’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Having spent basically all of her post-university life south of the border, living primarily in New York City and just recently moving to Florida, Megan Schutt (now Taylor) enjoys a far better understanding of the lay of the land than when she first arrived in Philadelphia, Penn. some two decades ago. “The biggest thing that stands out for me personally was getting that All-American honour in my freshman year,” said the mother of one, who’s expecting a second child due in November. “I didn’t even know what that was. I’m Canadian, not American, I remember thinking.” If she was initially slightly out of her element in making the move from Northern Ontario to the fifth largest city in the entire United States, Schutt was completely comfortable on the pitch, right from the outset, finishing as the third leading scorer in program history by the time she graduated in 2007. Read the full story here.
Covergalls introduces trailblazing new shirt made from recycled plastic
Covergalls became a trailblazer in women’s industrial and mining workwear when the company launched its women’s coveralls in 2014. This past August, it continued that trailblazing spirit by launching its high-visibility long-sleeve shirt made from recycled plastic. But unlike most of its past products that were born directly from industry, Covergalls’ latest safety shirt came in collaboration with Science North in Sudbury. “Science North approached us to talk about (updating their famous) bluecoat,” said Covergalls’ CEO Alicia Woods. The famous Science North bluecoat worn by staff is a distinctive lab coat that’s become a symbol of the science centre.“When I heard about Waste2Wear... I immediately thought, ‘Wow — Science North would be the perfect partner to start this journey with Waste2Wear.’” Originally, the plan was simply to create a lighter blue coat so it wasn’t as hot to wear, Woods said. But Waste2Wear also offered the added bonus of being more environmentally friendly. The fabric is made from recycled plastic, reducing the amount of new material needed to produce. Further, according to Waste2Wear, the manufacturing process reduces energy needed to produce by 70 per cent, CO 2 emissions by 75 per cent, and water use by 86 per cent. Woods decided to try the new material with one of their top selling workwear items: the high-visibility shirt. She said that at first she was wary to tinker with a good thing. Learn more here.
Wednesday weather:
Wednesday will be cloudy. Thirty per cent chance of showers or drizzle early in the morning. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 15. UV index 3 or moderate. Wednesday night will be clear with a low of 2 C.
