City workers ratify a new deal with Sudbury
CUPE Local 4705 has a new four-year deal with the City of Greater Sudbury. This is after members this week to ratify a tentative agreement. As part of the vote, inside workers voted 91 per cent in favour of the deal, while outside workers voted only 62 per cent in favour. The deal is retroactive to April 1, 2019, and runs until April 2023. Highlights of the deal include wage increases in all four years of the contract, on par or slightly lower than the provincial average of 1.7 per cent per year.
King will run as a candidate for the People’s Party
Former Conservative Candidate in Nipissing Temiskaming, Mark King, has announced he will run, for the fall election a candidate for the People’s Party of Canada. King, a North Bay city councillor and chairman of DSSAB says he made the decision after being stripped of the chance to run in the Oct. 21 federal election as a candidate for the Tories. In the federal riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming. He won the party nomination last month over Callander Coun. Jordy Carr. The removal of King arose over memberships that were allegedly purchased with a corporate credit card.
Warming centre looking for a new home
The clock is now ticking for the Warming Centre in North Bay. The hub for the homeless has officially given notice that it will not renew its lease at the Triple Links building on Fisher Street. The pressure is on to find a larger location that can meet the needs of a growing number of people looking to get out of the cold. The lease expires Aug. 31.
Northern College offering a new innovation hub for students
Northern College, soon enough, will give students a chance to work in upgraded technology labs as part of the new Innovation Hub. With some free space and newly acquired funds, from the Federal Government, Northern College will utilize about 23,000 square feet of free space the build the Innovation Hub there. Northern College was one of 17 institutions that received federal funding to put toward this project. The federal government has provided an investment of $191,466 for the Hub.
Suspects wanted in theft, fraud
Sudbury Rainbow Crime Stoppers and the Greater Sudbury Police Service are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a pair of suspects related to theft and fraud. Later in the day, it was discovered that the victim’s wallet had been stolen. Upon contacting the bank, it was revealed that the victim’s credit card had been fraudulently used and an undisclosed amount of money was stolen. The suspect couple is described as between 30 to 40 years of age. The male has dark hair and a goatee. The female has light-coloured, shoulder-length or longer hair. “These culprits will likely target older adults by trying to capture their PIN number by looking over the shoulder of the victim,” said Crime Stoppers in news release.
Soo city council retaining over 1/2 Mil in funding
Sault Ste. Marie City Council voted last night to pull back more than a $260k sitting unspent in old economic development accounts. Councillors agreed to cancel six projects: two from 2007, two from 2010 and a pair from 2014. Each year, the city allocates $500,000 to its economic development fund, which Schell says is often used to leverage additional funding from other levels of government.
