Why are snowplows on city streets without any snow?
Despite the lack of snow accumulation on city streets, municipal and contracted winter maintenance crews are exploring city streets as part of annual winter test runs.
The intent, according to a city media release issued this week, is for municipal and contracted crews to familiarize themselves with routes before the white stuff falls.
“These test runs allow crews to identify potential hazards, obstacles and operational challenges before the winter weather arrives,” according to the media release.
Robinson Huron Treaty team offer next steps in annuities claim
Ahead of Treaty Week, Nov. 7-9, the team announce they are looking to Feb. 2024 to receive the $10 billion settlement amount, and spring/summer for per capita distributions.
In light of the final Anishnaabe nation signature on the proposed settlement in the Robinson Huron Treaty annuities case, the treaty litigation team has released a statement, and a general timeline for next steps.
The Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Fund (RHTLF) has set a “goal timeline” of February 2024 to receive the $10 billion settlement amount from the governments of Canada and Ontario, and set spring/summer of 2024 as the target for communities to begin per capita distributions.
The historic proposed settlement of $10 billion between Canada, Ontario, and the Indigenous beneficiaries of the Robinson Huron Treaty was announced June 17.
The settlement is aimed at compensating for past revenue losses related to the treaty, which was signed in 1850 and promised annual payments to Indigenous beneficiaries in exchange for land use rights. The rates of these payments have not changed since 1874, despite significant revenue generated from land resources. The settlement is seen as a long-overdue recognition of the Crown's failure to fulfill its treaty promises.
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Hundreds attend Pop Culture Canada’s Sudbury Comicon
Pop culture, toys and art came together at the Pop Culture Canada’s Sudbury Comicon, held Saturday Nov. 4 at the Northbury Hotel in Sudbury. The travelling show attracted hundreds to the event, showcasing the best of cosplay and comics.
Organizer David Wyldstar said he loved the event date, giving younger attendees a chance to repurpose their Halloween costumes.
Well, I love getting the fans to come out and dress up, and these kids, they just have such great smiles when they put on their Spider Man or their you know, batman costumes, and we got them all out. It's amazing.”
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Wolves take bite out of IceDogs in hard fought victory
The Sudbury Wolves were at home on Friday night taking on the Niagara Ice Dogs, hoping to continue their winning ways. Sudbury came away victorious with 3-1 win over Niagara at the Wolves Remembrance Day game, sponsored by Sudbury.com
It was also a chance to pay tribute to Canada’s war veterans, with the Nov. 3 game serving as a Remembrance Day Ceremony, sponsored for the last eight years by Sudbury.com.
“It's always a pleasure to sponsor this event, said Abbas Homayed, director of community relations for Village Media and publisher of Sudbury.com. “It's also a heartfelt way to honour our veterans for their sacrifices and pay tribute to the brave men and women who have served, and those who continue to serve, in our armed forces.”
Marcus Vanderberg was the starting goaltender for Niagara while Sudbury went with Nate Krawchuk as Jakub Vondras was a scratch due to an illness.
You can find the full game report here.
Assinewai’s shootout goal calms the Iroquois Falls Storm 2-1
A Samuel Assinewai marker in the third round of the shootout proved to be the difference in helping his Greater Sudbury Cubs slip past the Iroquois Falls Storm 2-1 in a tightly-contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League game Saturday evening at Jus Jordan Arena.
Also striking first, Assinewai jammed one past Kirkland Lake goaltender Brodie Haylock, who was making his NOJHL debut, in the crease to help the Cubs forward extend a point streak to seven straight contests.
Sudbury's Frontier Lithium awards feasibility study contract
Frontier Lithium Inc. (TSXV: FL) a Sudbury-based lithium mining exploration company, has announced the first phase of a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for the PAK lithium project in a remote area of Northwestern Ontario.
The contract has been awarded to DRA Americas Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of DRA Global (DRA). DRA Global is an international multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery, and operations management group primarily focused on the mining, minerals, and metals industry, said a Frontier news release.
The company said this is moving forward on the next step toward project engineering. The fully integrated mine, mill, and refinery demonstrated in the PFS will be studied in two distinct scopes at the DFS level with the mine and mill scope set to conclude in the next 12-18 months, said the company release.
It is projected that a mine and milling facility, with an estimated output of 200,000 metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate per annum, will be brought online in two stages, said the company.
You can find all the details here.
