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Greater Sudbury plows into debt, snow removal to blame

Greater Sudbury says, just over ½ through the Summer, and they’re $7.4 million in the red. A report headed to the city’s finance committee Tuesday details the shortfall in the $593-million city budget, which is headlined by the winter snow removal and maintenance budget.
It is already $4.2 million over budget estimates — and $300,000 higher than the $3.9 million deficit estimated in June. “This is largely due to snow accumulation and infrequent thaw events,” says a staff report on the state of the 2019 budget. “The city received 259 cm of snow (8.5 feet) to date in 2019, compared to the 30-year average of 164 cm, or 5.4 feet.” Additional street sweeping and pothole repairs accounted for the additional $300K.
 

Passenger rail work returning to North Bay

Ontario Northland is refurbishing more than a dozen coaches for Metrolinx in North Bay. Done as part of an ongoing collaboration between the two transportation agencies, the Crown corporation welcomed the first of 15 Metrolinx bi-level passenger coaches Wednesday at its Remanufacturing and Repair Centre in North Bay.
A statement from Ontario Northland said the first coach will be used as a prototype to ramp up the refurbishment program, which is expected to be in full swing next year. The Remanufacturing and Repair centre employs more than 200 people.
 

Highway closed due to a gas leak

The OPP says a gas leak shut down Highway 17 in both directions at Mattawa for several hours yesterday. While a detour was in place, the closure which took many by surprise, happened just west of Moores Lane to Donald Street in the community.
The OPP and the Mattawa Fire Department were called to the scene.
 

Timmins going up into further weather studies

The city of Timmins will once again play host to an international group of scientists involved in high-altitude experiments. Personnel from France (France’s Centre National d’Etude Spatiale) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will be on Airport Road to complete another stratospheric balloon launch campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to lift scientific equipment high into the air to research the content and climatic effects.
 

More blue-green algae detected in Sudbury

More blue-green algae have been detected in Sudbury. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks say this time around, it’s been found in Windy Lake and Vermilion Lake. Public Health Sudbury and Districts says the samples were handed to them from the 1st and 2nd of the month. Appropriate signage has been posted.
The samples contained a species of cyanobacteria that can produce toxins, the ministry said.
 

$150k coming for disaster response in North Bay

$150,000 is headed to North Bay from the Ontario Government. It’s all for a specialized disaster response team in the city. The team is one of 10 receiving financial backing from the province as part of a $2.5-million funding announcement Wednesday that includes Ottawa, Peterborough, Thunder Bay, Toronto and Windsor.
The money will go towards municipal Urban Search and Rescue (USAR); Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE); and Hazardous Materials (HazMat) teams in those six municipalities.
 

Also…

Glencore posting a 32% drop

Half-way through the year and Glencore is posting a 32 per cent drop profits, sending its shares to their lowest since late 2016. This is while a fall in cobalt prices prompted the company to halt output for two years… at the world’s biggest mine of the battery material. Glencore remains one of Sudbury’s major employers.
Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (Sudbury INO) activities include exploration, Fraser Mine, Nickel Rim South Mine, Strathcona Mill and Sudbury Smelter. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $5.58 billion for the six months ended June 30 against $8.18 billion a year earlier. The company’s shares were trading nearly 2 per cent lower by 1139 GMT, recovering slightly from losses that took them to their weakest since October 2016.

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