Local News

Nickel prices have a good chance of recovering in the first quarter of 2014, according to a report by Metal Bulletin.

A 27-year-old British man who is running across Canada to raise money for children's hospitals was beaten at a Banff, Alberta hotel on New Year's Eve.

A store that has been a fixture in the city's downtown for 32 years quietly closed its doors for good Jan. 1.

UPDATE: The OPP confirmed the male driver of a car was killed in the collision on Highway 17, which occured at around 5 p.m. Thursday. The car collided head on with a pick-up truck just west of the Highway 537 junction, in Wahnapitae.

Due Dec. 25, little Cassius Mars was expected to be a Christmas present. But he ended up being a New Year's blessing for his parents, Chelsey Bosse and Greg Mars. Cassius, who was born at 12:14 a.m. Jan.

Sudbury was hit with a record-breaking cold spell Thursday morning, according to Environment Canada. The cold temperature at the Sudbury Airport bottomed out at -35.5 C at 7 a.m., said Geoff Coulson, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

It's not quite a stampede, but candidates are already signing up to run in the October municipal election.

A 51-year-old business owner killed in an excavator accident Dec. 28 will be missed for his “warm smile and generous heart,” according to his obituary.

A fire in a commercial building on Lasalle Boulevard caused $1.5 million in damages Thursday morning, according to Greater Sudbury Fire Services.

The Homelessness Network of Sudbury has issued an extreme cold weather alert for the next 24 hours.