Local News

Summer might not be over yet, but the Sudbury Student Services Consortium has released information about school bus routes and times. Visit www.businfo.ca under the Parent Portal section, or phone 705-521-1234.

Greater Sudbury Utilities has installed 173 of the Sensus Generation 3 smart meters that have raised fire safety concerns in parts of Canada and the U.S.

At the end of May, Sudburians dropped off 8,879 worn-out tires at Rock City Auto as part of the annual Tire Take Back event.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation has invested $3 million in Study North, a three-year marketing and recruitment initiative that will help Northern Ontario's six community colleges market the north as a place to study and work.

More discussion on the stalled Second Avenue road project will take place Aug. 14 in Minnow Lake. A release from the Community Action Network said the meeting begins at 7 p.m.

The Sudbury and District Health Unit is reminding bathers that if no algal bloom is visible, the water may be used for regular recreational activities, including swimming.

August 10 is Prisoners' Justice Day, a day when prisoners and their supporters remember the men and women who have died from unnatural deaths inside prisons and penetentiaries.

Tonight's forecast calls for a high of 25 C and partly cloudy. The overnight low will drop to 13 C. Saturday will be mainly sunny with a high of 27 and the UV index at 7. Expect a few clouds Saturday night, and a low of 15 C.

Greater Sudbury's jobless rate inched upwards in July to 7.1 per cent, thanks in part to an increase in the size of the labour force. That's an increase of 0.

National Peacekeeper’s Day takes place Aug. 9.