Good Morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are some stories to start your day.
Two bodies discovered at scene of overnight fire on Paris Street
Fire investigators arrived Sunday afternoon at the scene of an apartment building fire in Sudbury. They were there to investigate how two bodies were discovered after the fire was knocked down. The fire occurred at the Banyan apartment building, located at 5125 Paris Street, around four oclock Sunday morning.
"Crews were called there early this morning for reports of heavy smoke and fire coming from one of the units." said Greater Sudbury Fire Service deputy chief Jesse Oshell."The occupant of the unit did evacuate safely. And we were able to over the course of several hours get that fire under control and out.
Oshell said once the fire was knocked down, tenants were able to safely return to their apartment units.
"We were able to return all but the unit affected back into the building. However, we did discover that there were two individuals were deceased, were found deceased in the building. And as the result of the fire we have passed that investigation over to police services and the fire marshal's office as a potential fatal fire," Oshell continued.
More details on that story can be found here.
Coun. Kirwan to ‘aggressively promote’ Barrydowne Road extension
At least on city councillor is prepared to campaign in the October municipal election for a new road in Sudbury.
A northward extension of Barrydowne Road to Hanmer, estimated to cost more than $100-million, is set to be aggressively promoted by Ward 5 Coun. Robert Kirwan as a campaign issue.
“People who are going to represent the Valley have got to be in support of the Barrydowne extension because the Barrydowne extension leads to growth,” he said, adding that it’s a chicken versus the egg situation.
“Do we have growth to the point where we need the Barrydowne extension or do we create the Barrydowne extension so we can have the growth?”
Between the options of extending Barrydowne Road and widening Municipal Road 80, he said, going through open country just makes more sense because it opens up land for development.
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Truckload of PEI potatoes arrived in 'Spudbury' for distribution to food banks and food support programs
Canadian balladeer Stompin' Tom Connors told us the story of Bud The Spud in one his famous songs.
We're not sure sure if Bud ever came to Sudbury, but there was sure a lot of potatoes in town recently.
Sudbury, Ontario could have been called Spudbury for a few hours on Friday when a truckload of Prince Edward Island potatoes arrived in the city.
The delivery of the spuds was thanks to the Rotary Club of Sudbury with the support from the Government of Canada and Second Harvest, who all teamed up to “Serve to Change Lives” with PEI potatoes.
Rotary Clubs in Sudbury and other Northern communities took on the project, said a Rotary news release, to help one of many struggling family potato farms in PEI and make a difference for those tackling food insecurity, poverty and hunger in the North.
Read more about that here.
Curling clubs hit with skyrocketing insurance premiums
In its almost 94 years of existence, the Capreol Curling Club has never submitted an insurance claim.
That’s why the club’s volunteers were shocked when their insurance premium skyrocketed in December to almost $24,000 under Wawanesa Insurance, and the club has been left with more questions than answers.
Club president Susanne Aylward said she has been dealing with the insurance issue for months, and has since secured a much less costly policy through Greg Cantin of The Co-operators here in Greater Sudbury.
However, those few months were fraught with frustration as she was met with roadblocks in her attempt to find out why the club’s premiums increased by 150 per cent.
“We've never had a claim,” she said. “(This is) a solid block curling club with brick on the outside. There are no windows, we have steel doors, and it's just well built.”
You can learn more about story here.
Ontario Provincial Police issue warning about taking unplated and uninsured vehicles on the highway
So if you're checking out your motorcycle and you want to see how well it rides, don't do it on a public road.
Ontario Provincial Police have issued a warning in the wake of a Sudbury motorcycle driver who attempted to ride on Highway 144 near his personal residence, near Chelmsford.
In a social media post on Friday, police said the 21-year-old individual was recently observed, stopped and ticketed for several Highway Traffic Act violations as a result.
OPP said the motorcycle owner was charged with having no insurance, no licence plates, improper licence and operating an unsafe vehicle on a highway. Police said the accused was issued four Provincial Summons notices, and was directed to walk the motorcycle back to the residence.
You can find out more and see a couple of photos the police provided here.
Province provides $1.5 million to Science North to show off innovation and technology in mining
Ontario is providing $1.5 million to Science North and Dynamic Earth to show off the importance of the new technology and innovation of the mining industry.
The announcement was made Friday afternoon by Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry. The event was held at the Dynamic Earth venue in Sudbury.
The funding is from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to support Science North in engaging audiences in new and memorable experiences highlighting Ontario’s innovative and modern mining sector. This investment will build a stronger Ontario by helping to create jobs, expand business operations, improve quality of life and grow the tourism industry in the region, said the minister.
Rickford made reference to last week's announcement that Ontario is setting itself up to respond to the global demand for critical minerals, especially in the automobile sector for creating electric vehicles (EVs). He said there is no need for the world to rely solely on Russia and China.
"And the announcement last week in Windsor reminded us all that the multibillion dollars of investments mean one thing; that Northern Ontario maybe for the first time ever will be fully integrated into a supply chain that will be exclusively within the borders of Ontario," said Rickford.
You can find more on that here:
Monday Morning Weather
Well this is a cold Monday morning in March, and the weather is more like a lion right now, instead of a lamb.
But this is only the 28th day of March, so there are a couple of days to go before March leaves us, and if Environment Canada gets its way, March will be leaving us like a lamb on Thursday with a high temperature of nine Celsius.
Today's weather is a mix of sun and cloud with a 40 per cent chance of light snow, earlier in the morning.
Environmental Canada said the winds will be from the north at 20 kilometres per hour, gusting up to 40.
Today's high is expected to be minus seven. The wind chill could be as low as minus 28 in the morning, rising up to minus 12 in the afternoon.
There should be clearing conditions into this evening with winds up to 15 kilometres per hour. This will create a wind chill of minus 12 in the evening and minus 23 overnight.
For current weather conditions, short-term and long-term forecasts visit Sudbury.com's weather page at www.sudbury.com/weather.
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