The power is back on after an outage yesterday in Sudbury. This is after a dump truck snapped a number of hydro poles in the Minnow Lake area. At it’s height, it affected 700 Greater Sudbury Utility customers.
North Bay’s Homecoming Festival is only three and a half weeks away. Officials say the free ‘celebration of the century’ from Aug. 1-3 is bringing the community together to celebrate the past 100 years.
A water issue has temporarily closed the OPP detachment in the city’s east end. The South Porcupine detachment’s main location at the corner of Harold and Legion Street is closed. All of the operations for the South Porcupine area are being done from the Iroquois Falls detachment, which is located in Monteith.
Walmart in the Sault was evacuated this afternoon due to a potential gas leak. Customers and employees were outside as of around 5 p.m. It’s unclear what the cause was, but there were no reported injuries.
In Elliot Lake… a portion of the Fire Tower Lookout Parking Lot as well as the lookout cupola will be closed to the public during a sporting event this weekend, but the lookout will still be open to the public.
Sudbury-owned downtown land is apparently ‘attracting interest from developers’. With a $200M event centre in its early stages, the city is working to map a vision for downtown Sudbury’s south district, including what to do with the Sudbury Community Arena.
Sudbury Police were on the hook and for a good cause, for the annual cops and kids fishing day. Greater Sudbury Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police and MNRF Conservation Officers take part in the annual Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire fishing day at Whitewater Lake in Azilda.
It has been a little over two weeks since a storm ripped through Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park, just west of Mattawa, Ont., causeing significant damage. The cleanup process is ongoing, and the damage has been pegged in the millions. While work is ongoing, there is some hope the park could partially reopen by August.
Timmins Parks and recreation is in the spotlight for tonight’s council meeting. Since the June 24th meeting, Discover Porcupine has offered the city a long-term lease at a minimal cost to put the proposed cricket pitch on part of its property on Moneta Avenue across from the former transfer station.
In Sault Ste Marie, the Algoma Nurse Practitioner-led Clinic says booking online is currently not available. The clinic is switching its online booking mechanism to a new system.
Kagawong’s Old Mill is marking 100 years as Manitoulin Island landmark this month. Originally built in 1925 as a pulp mill, it later powered Manitoulin Island as a hydro plant before becoming a museum and gallery.
