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Good Morning, Sudbury! Here are seven stories to start your day

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Primary care in Sudbury, Massey, and Espanola got a boost on May 2 thanks to the announcement of $1.9 million in funding that will be split between a pair of health care centres.

Good morning, Greater Sudbury.

Here are some stories to start your day.

LHIN funding will bring a new clinic to downtown Sudbury:

Primary care in Sudbury, Massey, and Espanola got a boost on May 2 thanks to the announcement of $1.9 million in funding that will be split between a pair of health care centres. The Sudbury District Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (NPLC) will receive $1.1 million to expand and offer a comprehensive clinic in the downtown core, which will be located on Larch Street. The NPLC will focus on Sudbury's marginalized and homeless population. An $810,000 cash injection will go to the Noojmowin-Tag Aboriginal Health Access Centre, which is based out of Manitoulin Island. Funding will help expand Aboriginal Health Access Centre programs and services to Indigenous people in Espanola and Massey. New services will include a full-time nurse practitioner who will provide clinical services within the Espanola Family Health Team.

At 1:55 p.m. on May 7, your phone will make an extremely annoying noise:

It's called the Canadian Alerting Attention Signal. You might have heard it on your radio or television in connection with Amber Alerts or other warnings about life-threatening situations. In technical jargon, it's a series of square wave tones alternating between 440 Hz/659 Hz/3136 Hz and 932 Hz/1046 Hz/3136 Hz. It's about as annoying a sound as you're ever likely to hear, designed to get your undivided attention.  On Monday, May 7 at exactly 1:55 p.m., those impossible-to-ignore square wave tones will blare from mobile phones and other compatible wireless devices across Ontario.

May trial date for lawsuit against Sudbury mayor's office:

Trial dates have been set for a two-year old lawsuit involving a former assistant of Mayor Brian Bigger. Five days have been set aside beginning May 14 to heard the lawsuit launched by Alicia Lachance, who alleges she was harassed by Bigger's chief of staff, Melissa Zanette. The former public relations assistant worked first with Mayor Marianne Matichuk for four months, then with Bigger after his election victory in October 2014. Lachance is seeking $150,000 for being wrongfully dismissed, another $150,000 in aggravated and punitive damages, her legal costs and any other award “the court deems just.” Alternatively, she's asking the court to award her about $159,000, the amount she says she is owed for the remainder of her contract in salary and benefits.

Landry-Altmann fights back against conflict of interest claims:

An allegation of conflict of interest levelled against a city councillor over the Kingsway Entertainment District decision continues to make its way through the courts. Andre Dumais alleges Ward 12 Coun. Joscelyne Landry-Altmann was in a pecuniary (financial) conflict of interest when she voted in June 2017 in favour of building the $100-million arena on the Kingsway, rather than downtown. Dumais, a vocal supporter of keeping the arena downtown, contends Landry-Altmann was a board member of the Sudbury District Motorsports Association at the time of the vote, and was therefore in a pecuniary conflict of interest. While not part of the June vote, the Motorsports Association is working on a long-term plan to develop a racing facility adjacent to the Kingsway Entertainment District, where the arena, casino and new hotel are expected to be built by 2020. In response, Landry-Altmann says she resigned from the association's board in March, months before the vote. And in any event, the Association is a non-profit organization, so there's no pecuniary interest no matter what happens long term. Find more on this story here.

Sudbury celebrates 40 years of regreening:

Greater Sudbury’s internationally acclaimed environmental regreening effort to heal its industrially-scarred landscape has hit the 40-year mark. The program, launched in 1978, put the city on the map as an environmental leader in miraculously transforming the area from a mostly tree-less moonscape to a lush landscape. In that four-decade span, more than 3,400 hectares of barren land has been treated with crushed agricultural limestone and almost 10 million seedlings have been replanted by the city’s Regreening Program. Continuous improvements in smelter technologies and processes since the early 1970s by the city’s major mining companies resulted in extensive reductions of sulfur dioxide and heavy metal deposition to the environment. These reductions worked in tandem with municipal regreening efforts to allow the ecological recovery to begin on the roughly 80,000 hectares of affected land. The anniversary was celebrated at the Northern Water Sports Centre in Sudbury on May 1.

The lineup for Up Here 4 is out and once again it is killer:

Sudbury’s growing urban art and music festival, Up Here, is back for its fourth edition from Aug. 17-19 in downtown Sudbury, and it's released its lineup. The lineup is (as it always is) pretty amazing. Melding art and music in the downtown core of the Nickel City, Up Here is a festival unlike any other. Guided by the radiant light of Up Here’s signature 30-foot geodesic dome, festival goers will experience three days of performances by over 40 established and emerging acts; the live creation of murals that leave a lasting mark on the city; art installations by local and imported artists; and many more surprises along the way. Check out the lineup for this year's festival here.

Stowaway kittens found in excavator safe with surrogate momma:

Two small kittens have settled in with a new surrogate momma at a foster home after being found by construction workers in an excavator. Mary-Anne Stonehouse, president of SAINTS (Safeguarding Animals In Need in Today's Society), a local animal rescue group, said she received a call about the kittens Monday evening at around 6:30 p.m. They had been found in an excavator that had travelled on a flatbed transport truck from Toronto to Sudbury. Stonehouse figures they had been placed in an encasement near the excavator's turret by a mother cat. One of the construction workers brought the kittens to the animal rescue group foster home where there's a mother cat who had just weaned her kittens (those kittens are about eight weeks old, and ready for adoption). If you're interested in pre-adopting one of these kittens or in adopting any of the other animals the group has up for adoption, visit either the SAINTS cat or SAINTS dog adoption websites.

Thursday Weather:

Mainly cloudy Thursday morning with skies clearing late in the afternoon. Thursday's high will be 13. A few clouds overhead tonight with increasing cloudiness after midnight then 60 per cent chance of showers before morning. Tonight's low will get down to around 5. For current weather conditions, short-term and long-term forecasts visit Sudbury.com's weather page at www.sudbury.com/weather.

Current Weather

Partly Cloudy

Partly Cloudy

-5.1°C

Pressure
101.5 falling
Visibility
24.1 km
Dewpoint
-8.1 °C
Humidity
79%
Wind
SW 4 km/h

Radar Satellite


Hourly Forecast

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

7 Day Forecast

Chance of flurries

Tonight

-6 °C

Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 6. Wind chill near minus 10.


Overcast

Friday

3 °C

Overcast. Wind becoming west 20 km/h near noon. High plus 3. Wind chill minus 8 in the morning. UV index 2 or low.


Cloudy

Friday night

-7 °C

Cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 7. Wind chill minus 12 overnight.


Chance of flurries

Saturday

3 °C

A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. High plus 3.


Chance of flurries

Saturday night

-6 °C

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


Sunny

Sunday

6 °C

Sunny. High 6.


Clear

Sunday night

-4 °C

Clear. Low minus 4.


Sunny

Monday

9 °C

Sunny. High 9.


Cloudy

Monday night

-3 °C

Cloudy. Low minus 3.


A mix of sun and cloud

Tuesday

4 °C

A mix of sun and cloud. High plus 4.


Chance of flurries or rain showers

Tuesday night

-3 °C

Cloudy periods with 30 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Low minus 3.


Chance of flurries or rain showers

Wednesday

5 °C

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


Yesterday

Low
-4.4 °C
High
1.6 °C
Precipitation
1.2 mm

Normals

Low
-7.1 °C
High
3.2 °C
Average
-2.0 °C

Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise
7:08 AM
Sunset
7:50 PM

Record Values

Type Year Value
Max 1977 14.7 C
Min 1970 -22.2 C
Rainfall 2009 26.6 mm
Snowfall 1975 8.1 cm
Precipitation 2009 27.2 mm
Snow On Ground 1959 94.0 cm

Based on Environment Canada data