United Way Centraide North East Ontario/Nord-est de l’Ontario has a new incoming executive director. Cory Roslyn has experience in working with northeastern Ontario’s vulnerable and marginalized and will soon lead the way. She takes the seat June 17.
Automated speed-enforcement cameras are popping up in new locations in Sudbury. Six in all will be moving to new locations. Cameras are relocated every four months as they shift through the city’s list of priority locations. They go live on Monday.
Meanwhile, the North Bay Police Service Board has appointed Inspector Jeff Warner to the position of Acting Deputy Chief effective June 2. The news comes only a week after the North Bay Police Service stated that Deputy Chief Mike Daze was on “approved leave.”
Schumacher Lions Club is celebrating nine decades of giving back, and its work at Peace Park is garnering attention for a civic award. During the ceremony to designate the McIntyre Community Building as a heritage facility, the Schumacher Lions Club was given the Heart of Gold Civic Award.
Hundreds from Canada’s mining and automotive sectors gathered in Greater Sudbury this week for the fourth annual Battery Electric Vehicle In Depth: Mines to Mobility conference. The goal is to ensure that the 22,000 people working in mining currently continues and grows, and we attract youth to the sector as well.
The North Bay Police Service has added another front line officer. Bryan McKean, has joined the local service after spending 16 years with the Guelph Police Service. He has experience on Patrol, in the Tactical Unit, and in the In-Service Training Unit.
OPP is reminding drivers that tomorrow is the final day to have studded tires. Drivers can have studded tires on your vehicle between September 1st and May 31st if you live in Northern Ontario, and it’s time to get them off.
The McIntyre Community Complex building in Timmins, affectionately known as The Mac, has now officially become a heritage property. This week, in the facility’s auditorium, which doubles as the Timmins Sports Heritage Hall of Fame, a sizeable crowd gathered for the ceremony.
Sault Ste. Marie police are looking into a damaged window. It happened following an incident at Destiny Christian Centre on Wallace Terrace. Surveillance equipment was activated just after 1 am on Monday. There were no reported injuries.
City council will be asked next week to approve a master plan for Sault Ste. Marie’s waterfront, including a $17-million first phase that would redevelop Clergue and John Rowswell parks. If councilors agree, the municipal accommodation tax charged on hotel rooms will be increased from four to six per cent effective Sept. 1 of this year, to help pay for the re-imagined waterfront.
