Police

Greater Sudbury Police responded to two motor vehicle collisions Aug. 28 and 29 which involved impaired drivers. On Aug. 28, a vehicle on Notre Dame Avenue collided with the rear of a stopped car. There were no injuries as a result of the collision.

Greater Sudbury Police are searching for two men who appear to be in their 20s after they allegedly sprayed two men with pepper spray on Elgin Street in the area of the Samaritan Centre.

A 24-year-old woman was caught by store security Aug. 29 at around 5:40 p.m. after she attempted to remove more than 30 products from Vrab's Independent Grocer on Regent Street. The products had a value of $200.

A collision on Highway 144 just south of Dowling Aug. 29 at around 4:45 p.m. resulted in a 25-year-old man being brought to St. Joseph's Health Centre with non life-threatening injuries.

Greater Sudbury Police are searching for a 21-year-old Sudbury man after he went out on a canoe on Parkin Lake north of Capreol and did not return. Police were called just after midnight Aug. 31 to search for the man, who may have drowned.

A 76-year-old Wisconsin man drowned during the evening of Aug. 27 after his motorboat capsized in the Sturgeon Chutes on the Wahnapitae River.

A 17-year-old boy was sent to hospital with minor injuries Aug. 27 at around 2:30 p.m. after he was struck by a vehicle while he was walking near the intersection of Carl and Oscar Streets.

A 25-year-old woman has been charged with assault and theft after she knocked a Sears employee to the ground and assaulted her. Greater Sudbury Police were called to the New Sudbury Shopping Centre at around 4:30 p.m. Aug.

UPDATE - The driver of the vehicle that failed to stop behind the vehicle waiting to turn left has been charged with careless driving. One person is in hospital with minor injuries after two cars and a van collided on Howey Drive, around 10:40 a.m.

At 12:45 p.m. Aug. 25, Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to call about an alleged firearm being discharged on King Street in St. Charles.