Good morning, Greater Sudbury.
Here are some stories to start your day.
Here's what city's new library, art gallery could look like at the Rainbow Centre:
The Rainbow Centre in downtown Sudbury wants to be the location of Greater Sudbury's new art gallery and library. The retail location's owners, Vista Hospitality, issued a news release Monday morning, detailing why, in their view, the Rainbow Centre just makes the most sense to host one of the big projects slated to be built in the downtown core. Council has also pledged support to the Place des Arts Francophone arts and culture centre and the Synergy Centre performing arts and convention centre. More on this story here.
Warm welcome: Province hands over $2M to Maison McCulloch Hospice:
The sun may not have been shining down, and there was definitely a chill in the air, but there was nothing but warmth emanating from Maison McCulloch Hospice on Monday morning. That's because the hospice is getting $2 million from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to help fund the costs of 10 new beds. Stand By Me, launched in February, is a three-year, $5.1-million campaign to add 16,000 square feet of space and to increase the number of beds to 20. The project will also see short-stay respite beds, a pediatric-transition-education multi-use suite with a living area, and an onsite community ambulatory pain and symptom management care clinic. More on this story here.
Police investigating after poppy donation boxes stolen:
Greater Sudbury Police Service is investigating the theft of several countertop poppy donation boxes. “To the citizens of Sudbury, it is with much disappointment that I have to pass on the following news,” Gisele Pharand, Zone H3 public relations officer, wrote in an email to Sudbury.com today. “Several of our poppy counter top boxes have gone missing. Your generosity towards our veterans is amazing and someone(s) has decided to take advantage of this.” Pharand said the Legion is working with Greater Sudbury Police to find the culprit or culprits responsible. According to GSPS spokesperson Kaitlyn Dunn, a total of seven coin boxes were reported stolen over the weekend. Police are reviewing video surveillance from the businesses that had their poppy donation boxes stolen. Anyone with information is asked to contact GSPS at 705-675-9171, or Crime Stoppers toll-free at 800-222TIPS (8477) or locally at 705-222-8477.
City ponders photo radar to reduce speeding:
Unpopular in the 1990's when it was first introduced, the provincial government introduced legislation late last year to bring back photo radar. While dubbing it “automated speed enforcement,” the legislation would allow cities to use photo radar in certain areas to improve safety. Those areas would be school zones and “community safety zones” -- areas a municipality designates as in serious need because of a bad collision history. Using the cameras in Sudbury was a topic discussed Monday at the city's operations committee. After a lengthy discussion about the city's traffic calming measures, Ward 10 Coun. Fern Cormier said the request he gets most often is to do something about speeding on local roads. While the request is often to reduce speed limits, Cormier wondered about using photo radar instead. Find the full story here.
Forced offer vote "harmful and will delay end of strike" - OPSEU bargaining team:
Contract talks between the College Employer Council and college faculty members represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) have once again failed to produce a tentative agreement between the two sides. Ontario’s colleges have asked the Ontario Labour Relations Board to organize a direct vote by union members on the college’s latest contract offer. This process could take up to 10 days. College Boreal and Cambrian College strikers will be walking down Barrydowne on Thursday, Nov. 9 to converge at Glenn Thibeault's office at 11 a.m. where they will be calling on the provincial government to support them in settling a deal sooner rather than later. Find the full story here.
Police seeking assistance in locating missing teen:
The Greater Sudbury Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old, Keana Vincent. She was last seen in the afternoon of Saturday Nov. 4 in the Downtown Core of Greater Sudbury.There is a concern for her well-being due to the length of time she has not been seen. Keana is described as being 5 feet tall, weighing around 160 lbs. with medium-length, brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie, brown pants and white running shoes. Anyone with information is asked to contact Police at 675-9171 or Crime Stoppers at 222-TIPS, online at www.sudburycrimestoppers.com or by texting TIPSUD and the information to CRIMES (274637).
Missing man has not been seen since October:
The Greater Sudbury Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 64-year old, Jack Kuipers. He was last seen on Monday, Oct. 30 in Chelmsford. There is a concern for his well-being due to length of time he has not been seen. Jack is described as Caucasian, 6-1 tall, weighing around 280 pounds with straight, short, balding, blonde hair. He was last seen driving his 2002 black Chevrolet Silverado that has a front chrome push bar, chrome handles, chrome gas cap cover and a black tonneau cover. The vehicle has an Ontario licence plate of 5283VC.
Maley Drive Extension project update slated for Friday:
Mayor Brian Bigger and federal and provincial politicians will be on hand this Friday to give media an update on the how the Maley Drive Extension project is progressing. On hand will be Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre, Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré, Energy Minsiter and Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault. The project has been the city's top infrastructure priority for decades. In the short term, Maley is forecast to create 780 jobs during the construction phase, which is expected to begin this spring and last until 2019.
Tuesday weather:
Cool day ahead with chances of some snow flurries. Mainly cloudy on Tuesday with a 30 per cent chance of flurries. Today's daytime high will be 1. Cooling off to a low of -6 this evening with some cloudy skies overhead. For current weather conditions, short-term and long-term forecasts visit Sudbury.com's weather page at www.sudbury.com/weather.
