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A minivan struck a pedestrian on the Kingsway, near Cochrane Street, just before 5:20 p.m. on Dec. 23.

The youth component of Canada's National Anti-Drug Strategy was unveiled on Dec. 15, with an emphasis on educating young people on the dangers of illicit drugs, and encouragement to turn their backs to these drugs.

A 17-year-old male youth was arrested after operating a vehicle in a dangerous manner and breaching bail during the early morning hours of Dec. 22.

The discovery of three empty gun vaults and random bits of property in a ditch on North Shore Road, off Nepewassi Road, during the afternoon of Dec. 21 has led police to discover five properties that had been burglarized.

The parents of a young man who was killed in a car accident last weekend, say they have reached out in forgiveness to the driver of the vehicle to help “ease his pain.

UPDATE - Dec. 22, 1:34 p.m. Investigation into the robbery at the Pioneer Gas Bar on Lasalle Boulevard has led Greater Sudbury police to issue an arrest warrant for Charles "Chuck" Plante.

Greater Sudbury police have received reports of snowmobiles and vehicles on area lakes, and want to remind city residents that the ice isn't safe yet.

UPDATE - Dec. 21, 9:23 a.m. A single-vehicle collision that closed Dominion Drive shortly before noon on Saturday, Dec. 19, has left a 24-year-old passenger dead. The road was closed for about seven hours.

On Dec.18 at approximately 6 p.m., Greater Sudbury police stopped a vehicle for speeding on Paris Street, in the area of Regent Street.

A 29-year-old teacher in Cobalt, Ont. has been charged with two counts of Internet luring and one count of juvenile prostitution following an investigation by Ontario Provincial Police.