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Here's what's happening around Greater Sudbury today
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Tuesday's vote by city council on where the new arena/events centre is shaping up to be a close one, with some on council having already declared their intentions and others keeping voters in suspense.

Good morning, Greater Sudbury.

Here are some stories to start your day.

Council votes on arena location tonight:

Tuesday's vote by city council on where the new arena/events centre is shaping up to be a close one, with some on council having already declared their intentions and others keeping voters in suspense. City council will convene at 6 p.m. this evening at Tom Davies Square to vote on the location for the city's new arena. Sudury.com will bring you coverage from this evening's meeting so be sure to check back with us.

Horwath and Gélinas to discuss health care cuts:

Nickel Belt MPP and NDP Health Critic France Gélinas, MPP for Nickel Belt will join NDP leader Andrea Horwath in Sudbury on Tuesday morning. The pair will discuss the release of internal government documents related to hospital overcrowding. The press conference will be held at Health Sciences North this morning at 11 a.m. Sudbury.com will provide coverage of this morning's presser so be sure to check back with us.

West is best for Sudbury NDP:

A crowd of more than 200 filled the Cambrian College student centre with chants of "West is best" after Jamie West won the NDP nomination on June 26. The Sudbury District and Labour Council president beat out fellow candidate Beth Mairs on the second ballot, after Carol Mulligan was dropped from the running after the first ballot. A total of 241 voters registered for Monday night's nomination, and none of the three candidates managed to wrestle 50 per cent of the vote on the first ballot, resulting in a head to head vote between Mairs and West. Find the full story here.

STC patrons meeting this evening: 

Thanks to an aging patron base and a 45th anniversary season which Sudbury Theatre Centre's board president describes as both “ambitious” and “costly,” the theatre company is facing a major financial crunch. So the theatre centre is calling together influential Greater Sudbury residents who have shown an interest in STC to see what they can do to help. They've been invited to a meeting set to take place Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the theatre centre's cabaret. Sudbury.com will bring you coverage from tonight's meeting so check back with us for more.

Laurentian balances budget for seventh straight year:

The Laurentian University board of governors unanimously approved the university’s 2017-2018 operating budget of $155.9 million on June 23, an increase of $5.4 million, or 3.6 per cent over last year. The Sudbury campus will have 28 more full-time faculty in 14 departments: 11 new positions and a further 17 transferring from Barrie. This includes three new reseach chairs in Metallogeny, Exploration Targeting and Sustainable Northern Economic Development. New masters’ programs are being introduced in Architecture and in Science Communication, along with new criminology and expanded bilingual engineering programs. Full story can be found here.

Feds invest in Sudbury arts and culture:

A trio of Sudbury arts and culture initiatives got a financial boost on June 26, thanks to $137,500 in federal funding that was announced by Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre. The Sudbury MP held a small press conference on June 26 at Theatre Cambrian, one of the three recipients of grant funding. Theatre Cambrian, along with the Sudbury Downtown Independent Cinema Co-operative will each receive $50,000 through FedNor. The remaining $37,500 provided through the Department of Canadian Heritage's Canada 150 Fund, will be used to inform and educate young Sudburians on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures. Sudbury.com will bring you more on this story later today.

Local businessman resumes campaign to stop Sudbury casino:

As the debate rages ahead of tomorrow evening's city council meeting on the location of an arena/events centre, a Sudbury businessman is cranking up his campaign against building a casino in the city. As he did when the province first announced the plan four years ago, Tom Fortin says he wants to let people know that casinos are really a money drain on communities. He's lined up the support of the MacIsaac family, who operate the current slots facility in Chelmsford, and developer Dalron, who was involved in a proposal to build the arena in the South End. While he's not saying which location he supports for the arena/events centre, Fortin did point out that Gateway Casinos want to build on businessman Dario Zulich's Kingsway site. Read the full story here.

New home for medical research opens in Sudbury:

After 18 months of construction and renovations, Health Sciences North Research Institute's (HSNRI) new home on Walford Road is open for business. The $15-million project transformed the former St. Theresa School into a modern, state-of-the-art medical research facility, providing HSNRI with an additional 14,000 square feet, including three wet and dry labs, as well as research offices. Full story can be found here.

Tuesday weather: 

More chances of rain showers for Tuesday with a risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Mix of sun and cloud throughout the day with a 60 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon. Tuesday's high will be 18. 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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