Good morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are a few stories to start your day on this Friday morning.
All Greater Sudbury streets should be clear by Friday morning
After the latest dump of snow, all Greater Sudbury streets should be cleared of snow by Friday morning. The snow event was declared over at 10 a.m. Thursday, after between 12 and 15 centimeters of snow dropped overnight, according to a city spokesperson. City standards dictate all roads must be cleared within 24 hours of a snow event ending, which means streets should be clear by 10 a.m. Friday. Crews were out salting and sanding roads prior to the winter storm’s arrival on Wednesday. The city initiated a full call-out of contractors at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, as soon as eight centimetres of snow had accumulated. A full call-out includes more than 50 pieces of machinery operating throughout the municipality, which operate out of five depots spread throughout operating to the same standard.
Val Caron man wins $1M lottery prize
Val Caron resident Daryl Glenn is $1 million richer after winning the Nov. 16 Lotto 6/49 Gold Ball Draw. The retiree told OLGC prize centre staff in Toronto that he is a regular player of 6/49 and Lotto Max, but still couldn’t believe his luck. “When I gave my ticket to the clerk and the machine shut down, I was in a state of shock,” he said in a news release. “My wife didn’t believe me!” The great-grandfather plans on sharing his winnings with his family.
Flour Mill silos celebration and lights display still planned
At the latest update, a community celebration in the Flour Mill neighbourhood was set to take place in 2022 to help mark the historic silos’ 111th anniversary. With the calendar flipping over to 2023 this week and no celebration having taken place, those behind the proposed festivities clarified to Sudbury.com that something is still in the works. This includes not only festivities, but also a display that would project multi-coloured lights onto all four sides of the historic silos year-round. Organizers are now uncertain as to when the event will take place and the lights display will be installed. The plan, Flour Mill Community Action Network chair Claude Charbonneau told Sudbury.com, is to have LED lights encircle the silos, and that they can be controlled remotely to change with the seasons and show support for worthy causes, such displaying the colours of the Ukrainian flag.
Adult cold and flu drugs becoming hard to find
While shelves in Ontario pharmacies have been empty for several months for children’s medication, it’s now becoming increasingly difficult to find adult cold and flu medications. Dr. Jen Belcher with the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) said there has been a low stock of specific brands on and off over the last eight months, but now the shortage has escalated. “What we are seeing with this is that it’s very similar to the kids’ medications; there is a very exceptionally high demand than typically what we would see in a year,” Dr. Belcher explained. The drug shortages started being reported when a triple threat virus season, Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV, hit fast and furious. A wave of kids began getting sick, with many of those cases leading to secondary bacterial infections such as strep throat and pneumonia — illnesses treated with antibiotics, which are also in low supply.
Give standup comedy a try at Sudbury open mic series
If you’ve ever wanted to try standup comedy, the organizer of a new open mic comedy series encourages you to take part. Sudbury comedian Cole Leonard is hosting the once-a-month open mic night at Lounge 390 at the Quality Inn. Upcoming events are set for Jan. 17, Feb. 7 and March 21. Leonard said he’s been into comedy for about a decade himself. He’s always been a funny guy, but suffered from stage fright. “I was always too scared to do it,” he said. “When somebody talked me into it, once I did it, I fell in love with it. Now, it's my biggest passion, really, and favourite thing to do.” Leonard said there’s comedy open mic nights at other Sudbury venues, but with the comedy scene locally being pretty small, he feels there’s room for another. “Part of my goal with this show, specifically, is to help facilitate the growth of the comedy scene,” he said.
Prime: Meet Barbara Nolan, language keeper, elder
Barbara Nolan is an Ojibwa elder and Nishnaabemwin-language immersion teacher who lives in Garden River First Nation, but the community on the river has not always been her home. When she talks about growing up in Dooganing (South Bay) in Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island, she is there, in her heart. "I was raised by my grandparents but I knew them as my parents until I was 15 years old," she said. Nolan explained that her family only spoke Ojibwa – a Manitoulin dialect of it – up until she was five years old. "No one spoke any English at all. We didn't speak any English, we didn't hear any English. We didn't even have TV or radio to introduce us to any different language because we didn't have any electricity on that end of Wiikwemkoong."
Cloudy with a chance of flurries for Friday
Expect a cloudy day with a 30-per-cent chance of flurries early in the morning. Winds will be at 15 km/h. Today’s high is -5, with a -12 wind chill in the morning and a -7 wind chill in the afternoon. Tonight, the temperature will dip to -15 under cloudy skies with a 40-per-cent chance of flurries.
