Local News

Gas prices in Greater Sudbury remain stable. The lowest gas price in town today is at the Independent at the Pumps on Lorne, at 109.9, while the most expensive gas is 114.9, at the Esso in Azlida, according to GasBuddy.com .

The temperature will dip again on Thursday and it will be mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. High 18. Thursday evening will be cloudy with 40 per cent chance of showers in the evening.

Aninmal shelters in Subury will get a public examination, thanks to a new survey on the city's services that pertain to animal and pet care.

Greater Sudbury residents are invited to the grand reopening of the Chelmsford Community Centre/Arena on Saturday, Sept. 12. The arena is reopening after having been closed for rehabilitation over the 2014-2015 season.

The results are in, and the winner of the Peoples' Choice Award at this year's Downtown Sudbury Ribfest is Boss Hogs. Jack the Ribber won the Best Sauce trophy, while Texas Rangers won Best Chicken and Crabby's BBQ Shack won Best Ribs.

A recent pronouncement by Pope Francis allowing parish priests to forgive women who have had abortions is part of a new tone coming from the Vatican, says the Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie.

The City of Greater Sudbury issued the following notice today regarding the Bethel Lake Trail: The Bethel Lake Trail is closed from Bethel Lake Court to Arlington Street for restoration of the existing wooden path.

Roadwork will continue at the intersection of Elgin Street and Ste. Anne Road. The street will be closed on Thursday, Sept. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

NDP candidates Claude Gravelle (Nickel Belt) and Paul Loewenberg (Sudbury) back Tom Mulcair’s plan for pensions, saying this is what voters in Sudbury and Nickel Belt ridings are looking for.

About 4,000 full-time Cambrian College students are registered to start classes today, Sept. 9, after working, vacationing, and studying over the summer.