Sudbury

CTV’s John Vennavally-Rao explores key issues in Sudbury. Canada’s mining town dealing with the opioid crisis, and how they’re shaping the election conversation

UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service seized a firearm allegedly used in criminal offences during a search warrant execution at a M’Chigeeng First Nation residence.

In northern Ontario ridings, advanced turnout varied but was consistently robust with about 22.5 per cent of eligible voters in the region casting their ballots from April 18-21.

The Hearst Lumberjacks stormed back from a third-period deficit with six unanswered goals to defeat the Greater Sudbury Cubs 10-6 in Game 5 of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Finals.

Conservation Sudbury has issued a flood warning for the Vermilion River between Chelmsford and Whitefish.

The Sudbury Five will have one more chance to claim their first national championship after falling 85-79 to the Windsor Express in Game 4 of the Basketball Super League finals on Friday night.

North Channel Cruises has been operating out of Little Current since 2013. The business has a 100-passenger tour boat and a smaller boat for excursions on the North Channel.

Greater Sudbury Fire Services has been without access to a ladder truck for the past month. Two units are in for repairs and training is taking place on an older spare unit that is expected to go into service in a month.

The owner of Wacky Wings in Sudbury is promising a bigger and better restaurant when it reopens in the former Northern Breweries building on Lorne Street, hopefully within a year.

Fishing without a licence has netted an angler from Spanish, Ont., a fine in provincial offences court.

Earlier this week, a letter from the Ontario education minister was sent home to families with children in daycare that sparked concern and confusion.

Police in Wiikwemkoong seized cocaine worth about $15,000 and seized 3D guns following a raid of a residence Thursday morning in the community.

Environment Canada has issued a heavy rainfall warning for North Bay, Powassan and Mattawa, with heavy rainfall expected to combine with melting snow.

Two suspected drug dealers were arrested and nearly $11,000 in cocaine and crack were seized after police were called to home in Sudbury’s West End on Thursday afternoon.

Health Sciences North in Sudbury announced its five-year plan Thursday, a strategy that it says includes five key goals.