Good morning, Greater Sudbury, you awesome city, you. Here are a few stories to get start off the weekend.
Reunion soon?
A newly implemented regulation of the Long-term Care Homes Act could be the ticket to togetherness for an elderly Sudbury husband and wife who have been pining for each other for six months. The 67-year marriage of Gottfried Adler, 91, and his bride Hildegard, 88, took a sad turn Aug. 5 last year when Hildegard broke her pelvis and had to be hospitalized. Hildegard remains at Health Sciences North after being designated an alternate level of care patient Sept. 18, 2017. Meanwhile, Gottfried’s health was declining at home in the two months after his wife was hospitalized and he was placed at Finlandia Hoivakoti nursing home at the end of September. The regulation passed this week should help the Alders, 10 or 12 other families in Sudbury and dozens more in the rest of Ontario. Carol Mulligan reports.
Potholes calls almost double
It's all hands on deck for city crews filling in potholes, said the City of Greater Sudbury's Road Operations engineer. Tony De Silva said city crews are working around the clock to fill potholes littering Sudbury's streets. Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 22 this year, there were 543 requests stemming from calls from the public where city staff was asked to check out potholes on area roads. That's almost double the number of requests made during the same timeframe in 2017, when 285 requests were made for city staff to check potholes on area roads. Arron Pickard reports.
Winter's Best: Where is the best place to go ice fishing in Sudbury?
This winter, Sudbury.com wants you to help us find all the best our city has to offer. So far we visited Sudbury's best sliding hill, best skating path, best cross-country ski trail. We taste tested Sudbury's best comfort food and even the best hot chocolate (complete with homemade marshmallows!). Now we want to know: Where is the best place to go ice fishing in Greater Sudbury? Vote for your favourite here.
Winter's Best: Hot chocolate
Check out the video as the staff at Pinchman's give Sudbury.com reporter Matt Durnan a lesson on how to make homemade marshmallows and a mean cup of hot cocoa. Pinchman's Café & Artisan Bakery is located at 2037 Long Lake Rd., unit 8B, Sudbury, ON. For more information visit www.pinchmans.ca. Watch the video here.
Can we start talking about income inequality again?
University of Sudbury philosophy professor François Côté-Vaillancourt explores the question of wealth inequality in his latest Right and Wrong column. Oxfam's yearly report on inequalities found 82 per cent of the world's wealth is controlled by just one per cent of people (mostly men). In this column, he explores why the rest of us should care and what can be done about it. Read it here.
Help the hospice grow
One year less a day since the launch of the Sudbury Hospice Foundation's Stand by Me campaign, site preparation has started to make way for more beds and a multi-use suite. Feb. 22 marked the one-year anniversary since the launch of the three-year, $5.1-million campaign. Site preparation started Feb. 21. Read the full story here.
