Police

By Keith Lacey The strike by Ontario government workers has caused a delay in preparing a killer's pre-sentence report. So, Peter Trudeau remains free on bail awaiting sentencing late next month.

Greater Sudbury Police are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store on Madison Ave. Friday Feb. 24 around 11 pm. Police said a man entered the store carrying an edged weapon, demanding cash from the female clerk.

By Keith Lacey A schoolyard drug deal that went terribly sour might land a first-time teenage offender a jail sentence after he punched the teenager he'd bought some marijuana from in the mouth.

By Keith Lacey A first-time offender who pulled a knife on a young man he accused of stealing beer from him was spared a jail sentence, but warned he won't be so lucky if he reverts to violence in the future.

By Keith Lacey The inquest into the death of a poor Sudbury woman will be one of most revealing inquiries into how government policy affects poor people in Ontario, says the spokesperson for Sudbury's Committee to Remember Kimberly Rogers. Dr.

Police were out in force on the snowmobile trails this weekend checking for infractions and impaired riding. Police charged 23 people while out on patrol. Friday Feb.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN heidi@northernlife.ca Two dozen members of the Dokis First Nation near Noelville protested their concerns about corruption in their community at the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) office on Regent St. Thursday.

By Keith Lacey Former Sudbury financier Pierre Montpellier has exhausted all avenues and will have to spend the next several months in jail awaiting trial on charges of bilking dozens of former clients of more than $6 million.

By Keith Lacey After hearing three days of evidence, Justice Ian Gordon said Monday he wanted time to review all the information before deciding whether or not Pierre Montpellier should be granted bail.

A Val Caron man charged in a fatal hit and run accident last spring, who didn't show up on time for his trial Thursday was arrested before being released on bail and a promise to appear for his next court appearance in two weeks.