Good morning, Greater Sudbury.
Here are some stories to start your day.
Wolves organization confirms purchase of the Sudbury Spartans:
The Sudbury Wolves organization has confirmed to Sudbury.com that the Sudbury Spartans Football Club has been purchased, meaning the hockey team and the football team are under the same ownership. Details of the deal have not yet been released, but Wolves owner Dario Zulich plans to make all things clear at a press conference this morning at the Radisson Hotel. Sudbury.com will bring you coverage of this morning's conference so be sure to check back with us.
'1 Saves 8' holds conference ahead of weekend event:
The Irish Heritage Club of Sudbury will once again host the Michael O'Reilly Organ Donor Awareness celebration this weekend. Ahead of the event, the organization will host a conference at Tom Davies Square on May 3 at 10 a.m. Peter Monaghan will be the master of ceremonies and guest speakers will include Anne Howarth, Manager of Hospital Programs, Trillium Gift of Life Network and double lung transplant recipient, Donald Perreault. Every three days someone dies in Ontario because the life-saving organ transplant they need is not available, yet less than 30 per cent of Ontarians have registered their consent to be a donor. At any given time, 1,600 people in Ontario are waiting for organ transplants and the thousands more are waiting for tissue transplants.
Cambrian working hard to get system back online after hack:
Damage control is priority number one for the tech department at Cambrian College after their information systems were taken down on April 27. A ransomware virus knocked a number of services offline, locking students and professors out of their systems at a critical time in the school year. Cambrian was forced to push back dates for submitting final assignments as well as the dates that grades will be entered. Find more on this story here.
Mammothon: Never had a mammogram? Wednesday's a great day to do it:
The name of the campaign has changed more than once over the years, but the goal remains the same. On Wednesday, May 3, eight Ontario Breast Screening Program locations across the North East will set aside a day to screen 350 women between the ages of 50 and 74 years of age who have never been screened for breast cancer in what is now known as Mammothon. Breast cancer continues to be the most common cancer diagnosed in Canadian women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths, after lung cancer. However, fewer Canadian women are dying from breast cancer today than in the past. Breast cancer deaths have decreased by more than 40 per cent due to earlier detection through breast screening and improved treatments.
Grab your spade, jump in the car and plant a tree at Kivi:
Kivi Park is inviting the community to take part in a tree planting event on May 13 thanks to a donation of 10,000 seedlings from Vale’s Sudbury operations and A & M Reforestation. Scouts Canada, Girl Guides Canada, Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, Forests Ontario, CAA North & East Ontario, Pioneer Construction and Fisher Wavy are supporting the program. Local members of Scouts Canada troupes have been planting trees in Sudbury since the mid 1970s. The initiative is part of Scoutrees, a long-standing flagship community service program. More on this story can be found here.
Do some spring cleaning and help 'Scrap Cancer':
Scrap Cancer is back, just in time for spring cleaning. Scrap Cancer is a way to donate to cancer care and awareness in Northeastern Ontario. Every cent raised by scrap metal and electronic waste during the month of May and June will be donated to the Northern Cancer Foundation to change cancer experiences and outcomes in the North. Ask employees, volunteers, members, students to bring in scrap metal and electronic waste or gather unused material at your organization (BM Metals can provide collection service). There are also drop off areas for your scrap metal and electronic waste at Bianco's Supercenter and Ramakko’s Source for Adventure where bins will be available for the months of May and June.
Buildings being lit up in green for mental health:
In support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week, which takes place May 1-7, Vale, United Steelworkers (USW) and the Canadian Guards Association (CGA) will be lighting up some of their Sudbury buildings in green throughout the week. That includes Vale's engineering building and the Local 6500 and Local 2020 Steelworkers halls. Last year, Vale, USW and the CGA partnered with the Centre for Research in Occupational Safety & Health (CROSH) at Laurentian University to conduct a ‘Mining Mental Health’ study, a first of its kind in the mining industry. More than 2,200 Vale Sudbury operations employees participated in a comprehensive survey last year, and CROSH continues to collect and analyze data, with results expected in the fall of this year.
Wednesday weather:
Sunshine is expected to return for the day on Wednesday. Weather will feel more like a typical spring day with temperatures getting up to a high near 13. For current weather conditions, short-term and long-term forecasts visit Sudbury.com's weather page at www.sudbury.com/weather.
