Happy Monday, Greater Sudbury.
Apartment building evacuated due to unsafe living conditions
Dave Burns has lived in his single-family home next to the small, brick apartment building at 246 Montcalm Ave. for about three decades. He describes that apartment building in the Uptown neighbourhood near Marymount College and Collège Notre-Dame as “a beautiful building” and “historic.”
But the building was condemned Saturday morning by local emergency personnel after they realized the structure had no heat, water or working fire alarms. Its residents were evacuated and are now housed in a local hotel by the Red Cross.
Wolves stepping up for Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser
The Sudbury Wolves will once again be working with the Samaritan Centre to raise awareness around the issue of homelessness in Sudbury. This year, Feb. 24 will be the Coldest Night of the Year, as the Samaritan Centre holds its sixth annual winter walk to benefit the work of the Samaritan Centre.
The official kick off for the event will be Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., when members of the Sudbury Wolves visit the Elgin Street Mission at the Samaritan Centre, 344 Elgin St., to assist in serving dinner. The “Coldest Night of the Year” is the Samaritan Centre’s most important annual fundraiser, and a key event for raising awareness of the issue of homelessness and poverty in Sudbury.
Loblaw recalls 2,000 PC Black Label Sweet Chipotle mustard jars after glass found
Loblaw says it's recalling about 2,000 jars of one of its President's Choice brand mustard products after receiving a report of glass found in one jar. The company says the recall affects PC Black Label Sweet Chipotle mustard jars dated April 12, 2018 with the UPC code 060383013929. It says the recall is being done out of an abundance of caution.
Tying dogs up outside — even in extreme cold — not against law, says SPCA
As the Ontario SPCA faces criticism from animal rights activists that it's not doing enough to protect dogs tied up outside in the extreme cold, an SPCA spokesperson said this practice isn't against the law. The law, does, however, require that dogs that primarily live outside to have a weatherproofed, insulated doghouse with adequate bedding, said Jennifer Bluhm, deputy chief of the Ontario SPCA.
“If the dog is tied outside with a chain or rope, that chain or rope needs to be at least three meters long to allow the dog to safely move in and out unrestricted of that shelter,” she said. “That tether must allow that dog to have appropriate water and shelter at all times.”
Exhibit featuring 2,000 moccasin tops remembers those whose lives were sadly cut short
The 2,000 vamps (moccasin tops) are spread out artfully on the floor in a large room at the McEwen School of Architecture.
Most of them designed for women's moccasins, many are beaded, but some are painted, adorned with fur or even made with fish scales. They feature animals, flowers and even women's faces.
The vamps are part of the Walking With Our Sisters Memorial Art Installation, which has been touring the country since 2013. It will be on display at the architecture school until Jan. 17. Each pair of vamps represents one missing or murdered Indigenous woman.
Monday weather:
Monday there will be flurries with a risk of snow squalls in the morning. Snowfall is expected to be around two centimetres. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light near noon. The high will be -2 C — so a welcome change from the extreme cold weather we've been having recently. Monday night it will clear late in the evening. Wind west 20 km/h, becoming light late in the evening. Low of -11 C.
