Police

The Greater Sudbury Police Service is looking for a male in his 20s after a rare attempted abduction near Place Hurtubise on Lasalle Boulevard in the early morning hours Wednesday.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] Gord Heffern was the most knowledgeable and skilled worker at IncoÂ?s nickel refinery when it came to operating and maintaining the high-pressure oxygen lines running in and out of the plant.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A young husband who beat up his neighbour after he caught him ?playing house? with his wife was spared a jail sentence Wednesday.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Jieang Weiping?s chair at the recent Laurentian University PEN Canada reading was conspicuously empty. WOODSWORTH That?s because the Chinese journalist and poet dared to write about government corruption eight years ago.

BY CRAIG GILBERT [email protected] The Sudbury Regional Hospital?s emergency room boss doesn?t want to rain on the Santa Claus Parade, he just wants to move it. Dr.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Sudbury senior accused of torching and destroying his ex-girlfriend?s home was found not guilty of arson Friday at the Sudbury courthouse.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] The issue of whether a repeat violent offender will be ordered to perhaps spend the rest of his life behind bars now lies in the hands of a veteran Sudbury judge.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Sudbury law office clerk convicted of misappropriating more than $2.3 million in funds will finally have her sentencing hearing today (Monday) at the Sudbury courthouse.

Sudbury lawyer Donald Plaunt is back in jail. He was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one count of obstructing justice and six counts of breach of recognizance.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] A Crown attorney wants a former Sudbury car dealer to go to jail for up to two years for his involvement in a Quebec-based auto theft ring.