Local News

The City of Greater Sudbury has extended lifeguard supervision at Bell Park Main Beach until 7 p.m. on Sept. 7.

Licence validation fees will increase today for Ontario drivers. Northern Ontario drivers will see an increase from $49 to $54 for passenger vehicle licence validation.

If you’re planning to have alcoholic libations for Labour Day next week, plan ahead, most LCBO locations will not be open on the holiday. In a news release this week, LCBO said all of its stores would be closed Sept. 7 for Labour Day.

It was this day in 1997 when Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris, France at the age of 36, causing an outpouring of public mourning and extensive media attention.

Police were forced to euthanize a black bear Aug. 30 after it was found injured in a backyard between McAllister and Sunnybrae avenues. Residents told NorthernLife.ca they heard a gunshot in the area before seeing the injured bear.

Those opposed to the province's new sex ed curriculum will protest at MPPs' offices across the province Sept. 2.

It was a traumatic morning for Kingslea Court resident Monique Swain, whose home directly faces the area where a mother bear was shot and killed Monday.

A period of daytime temperatures of 29 C or more and overnight lows near 16 degrees will begin this afternoon and continue until early Wednesday morning. Humidex values will be in the mid to high 30s today and Tuesday.

Leaders of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario's schools, voted overwhelmingly on the weekend in favour of escalating job actions to begin the first week of school.

Updated at 11:17 p.m.: Greater Sudbury Police and conservation officers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry have safely trapped two bear cubs after police shot the mother bear earlier this morning.