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Good morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are a few stories to start your work week.

‘You are not alone,’ says radio host with invisible disability

The importance of recognizing the abilities and skills of people with disabilities was celebrated with a breakfast event in Sudbury on Thursday. It was the annual observance of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, hosted by Independent Living of Sudbury Manitoulin (ILSM). Independent Living executive director Richy Dubé told the audience that he was pleased to see support from the business and corporate community in Sudbury. He said it goes toward supporting the important sense of inclusivity which is so vital to recognizing people with disabilities. "Inclusive is a big word,” Dubé said. “We like to throw it around, but really, it's near and dear to my heart.”  He said inclusivity recognizes the complete person for who they are far beyond any seen or unseen disability. "I see the skill sets these people have; what they can offer, all the great things they do, even at the (ILSM) centre and throughout the community," he added. City of Greater Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre presented a proclamation at the event to recognize the importance of understanding and awareness toward those with disabilities, along with the importance of the work at Independent Living of Sudbury Manitoulin. "Millions of our fellow Canadians have a disability,” Lefebvre said. “And in Greater Sudbury alone, more than 30,000 of our friends, family members, colleagues and neighbors are living with a disability that affects their daily lives.” The keynote speaker at Thursday's event was a Sudbury resident with an unseen disability. Radio announcer Bryan Cooper revealed that he lives with a Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder. Cooper told the audience that it was almost 10 years ago, when he was in a job transition, that his mental health struggle began. He said the clinical definition of his situation "occurs when you persistently or repeatedly have this feeling that you're observing yourself from outside your body or you have a sense that things around you are not real, or both." Read the full story here.

Sudbury police pull over impaired suspect, find large drug stash

A concerned community member’s call about a possible impaired driver Dec. 1 led to a drug bust and multiple charges. Just before 5 p.m. that evening, Greater Sudbury Police received a call from a concerned community member regarding a woman operating a motor vehicle in an erratic manner, with a male passenger, travelling eastbound on MR 35 in Greater Sudbury. The information provided was that the woman was crossing over both lanes of traffic, almost driving into the ditch, and appeared to be having trouble keeping her head up. Police located the vehicle at 5:09 p.m. on Lorne Street, and initiated a traffic stop. When officers spoke with the woman, she showed signs of impairment. They also observed several pieces of burnt and crumpled tinfoil on the floor of the vehicle near her feet. Officers then conducted a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) on the woman, resulting in her being arrested for impaired driving. A Drug Recognition Evaluation was later conducted confirming that she was Impaired by drugs. Officers proceeded to conduct a preliminary search of the vehicle, and a large quantity of drug paraphernalia was located. During this time, the male passenger of the vehicle began to flee on foot. After a short foot pursuit, officers arrested the man and subsequently discovered a large quantity of cash as well as Fentanyl on his person. Officers completed a search of the vehicle and seized all items believed to be drugs, drug paraphernalia or evidence of drug trafficking. Read the full story here.

New Laurentian interim leaders to be revealed soon: board chair

The chair of Laurentian University’s board of governors said an announcement is coming soon as to exactly who the university’s new interim leaders will be. Laurentian is currently operating under the leadership of Tammy Eger, who board chair Jeff Bangs quipped is LU’s “interim interim” president.  Earlier this fall, Eger, LU’s vice-president, research, stepped into the interim role until a longer-term interim appointment could be announced. Céline Larivière, LU’s dean of education and health, is doing much the same thing as interim provost until a longer-term appointment can be made for that role. Both Laurentian’s now former president, Robert Haché, and its former provost, Marie-Josée Berger, were terminated on a “without cause” basis by LU’s board earlier this fall.  Their departure was one of the conditions of Laurentian’s plan of arrangement, which sets out a roadmap to pay back LU’s creditors after the university went through court-supervised insolvency restructuring for the past 22 months, a status it finally exited on Nov. 28. Bangs said at the Dec. 2 board of governors meeting that he had hoped to be able to announce “the arrival of a new interim president and interim provost.” However, he said the announcement will be coming within “days, not weeks.” Read the full story on Sudbury.com's home page.

Photos: Tree-lighting event at Tom Davies Square

Newly elected Greater Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre had the honour of flipping the switch on the “Merry and Bright” tree at Tom Davies Square Dec. 2. A short Christmas tree-lighting ceremony was held outside of the city hall building Friday evening, which featured free refreshments, swag and entertainment. Entertainment included the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre drummers, as well as Natalie Lalonde, Joel Giroux and Stef Paquette (accompanied by puppets) performing the local Christmas song “Little Skidoo.” The trio will actually be on stage next week, performing a Christmas play based on the “Little Skidoo” song by Bert Collins. Written by Judi Straughan, the play is in support of community radio station CKLU. The “Merry and Bright Tree” at Tom Davies Square is an eight-metre (26 feet) artificial spruce, which is 3.6 metres (12 feet) in diameter and decorated with 1,325 high-efficiency warm white LED bulbs, “which accomplish 80-per-cent energy savings compared to traditional incandescent bulbs,” the city said. It will now be lit until the week after Orthodox Christmas in early January. The event was not only attended by Mayor Lefebvre, but by most of the newly elected (or re-elected, in some cases) city councillors. We also spotted Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointe at the event. Read the full story and view our photo gallery here.

Photos: Coniston’s first annual Christmas parade

The community of Coniston turned up Saturday evening for the town’s first annual Christmas parade. The festive event was organized by the Coniston Community Action Network (CAN), which also held a tree-lighting in the community’s Centennial Park Friday evening. Sara Kitlar-Pothier, chair of the Coniston CAN, spoke to Sudbury.com as she and her family - accompanied by Ward 9 Coun. Deb McIntosh - prepared to ride on Santa’s float in the parade. She said the parade included 23 floats, as well as several walking groups, bringing the number of organizations participating in the event to 29. “Next year, we promise it will be even bigger and better than this year,” she said. Kitlar-Pothier gave a big thanks to everyone who participated in the parade, as well as a shout-out to Lopes Ltd. for providing the vehicles and employees for the floats. “Coniston needed a Christmas parade because we didn't have one,” she said. “We didn't have anything over the wintertime that really brings people together like this. After the past three years, I thought it was time to have something that gets everybody involved.” Following the parade, the community was invited to the Colonial Inn in Coniston for complimentary hot chocolate and snacks courtesy of the Colonial Inn and Andrew's Valu Mart. View our photo gallery here.

Monday weather:

Monday will be cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High of 1 C. Wind chill of -7 C in the morning. Monday night will be cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of flurries. Low of -2 C. The average high for Dec. 5 in Greater Sudbury is -2.9 C, so we're seeing temperatures that are slighly warmer than seasonal values.

Current Weather

Light Snow

Light Snow

-1.0°C

Pressure
101.6 falling
Visibility
32.2 km
Dewpoint
-5.3 °C
Humidity
73%
Wind
SW 19 km/h

Radar Satellite


Hourly Forecast

Today
11 AM
-1°C
Chance of flurries
Today
12 PM
0°C
Chance of flurries
Today
1 PM
0°C
Chance of flurries
Today
2 PM
1°C
Chance of flurries
Today
3 PM
1°C
Chance of flurries
Today
4 PM
0°C
Chance of flurries
Today
5 PM
0°C
Chance of flurries
Today
6 PM
-1°C
Chance of flurries
Today
7 PM
-2°C
Chance of flurries
Today
8 PM
-3°C
Chance of flurries
Today
9 PM
-4°C
Cloudy
Today
10 PM
-4°C
Cloudy

7 Day Forecast

Chance of flurries

Today

1 °C

Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind southwest 30 km/h. High plus 1. Wind chill minus 9 this morning. UV index 3 or moderate.


Chance of flurries

Tonight

-9 °C

Cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 9. Wind chill minus 7 this evening and minus 12 overnight.


Overcast

Friday

3 °C

Overcast. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 3. Wind chill minus 14 in the morning. UV index 1 or low.


Clear

Friday night

-6 °C

Clear. Low minus 6.


Chance of flurries

Saturday

4 °C

Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. High plus 4.


Chance of flurries

Saturday night

-4 °C

Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 4.


Sunny

Sunday

6 °C

Sunny. High 6.


Cloudy periods

Sunday night

-4 °C

Cloudy periods. Low minus 4.


Cloudy

Monday

4 °C

Cloudy. High plus 4.


Chance of flurries

Monday night

-2 °C

Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 2.


Chance of flurries

Tuesday

5 °C

Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. High plus 5.


Chance of flurries

Tuesday night

-6 °C

Cloudy periods with 40 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 6.


Chance of flurries

Wednesday

5 °C

A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. High plus 5.


Yesterday

Low
0 °C
High
0 °C
Precipitation
0.3 mm

Normals

Low
-7.4 °C
High
2.9 °C
Average
-2.3 °C

Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise
7:10 AM
Sunset
7:49 PM

Record Values

Type Year Value
Max 1993 15.3 C
Min 1959 -18.3 C
Rainfall 1977 34.3 mm
Snowfall 1971 11.7 cm
Precipitation 1977 34.3 mm
Snow On Ground 1959 99.0 cm

Based on Environment Canada data