Police

The Greater Sudbury Police Services Board has approved a request by Chief Ian Davidson and senior management to raise the police budget by 5.5 percent in 2006 to just under $37 million.

The May holiday weekend is the unofficial start of summer. Sixteen people were killed in traffic collisions and another five lost their lives on the water in the North East Region last year from Victoria Day weekend to the Labour Day weekend.

BY JASON THOMPSON Officers and civilians were honoured for their courage, dedication and community service Thursday at the North East Region OPP Awards held in Sudbury.

During an anti-poverty protest Monday in Downtown Sudbury, one demonstrator was arrested in front of Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci's office for swearing and a breach of probation.

During an anti-poverty protest Monday in Downtown Sudbury, one demonstrator was arrested in front of Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci's office for swearing and a breach of probation.

One man has been charged with aggravated assault after a 27-year-old man was beaten and stabbed in a taxicab on Monday night. The incident occured at around 10:30 pm in a City taxicab on The Kingsway near Levesque Street.

A Sudbury man convicted of engaging in a bizarre sexual act against a 10-year-old boy he was babysitting was spared a jail sentence Tuesday, but will have to spend the next 27 months under strict community supervision.

Several members of the province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) arrived in Sudbury Friday morning following an incident where a civilian was shot by a Greater Sudbury Police officer Thursday evening.

A Sudbury man convicted of engaging in a bizarre sexual act against a 10-year-old boy he was babysitting was spared a jail sentence Tuesday, but will have to spend the next 27 months under strict community supervision.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] Next weekend the city will be crawling with cops.