Hey, Great Sudbury! Here are some stories to start your day on Wednesday morning.
The city’s first responders march on PTSD Awareness Day
There was a light drizzle and a chilly wind, but that did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the Sudbury area first responders who took part in National PTSD Awareness Day. It was a rally that brought together members of the Great Sudbury Police Service, Greater Sudbury Fire Services, Greater Sudbury Paramedics, Ontario Provincial Police and members of the Irish Battalion in Canada. As the march left from the Flour Mill area along the Notre Dame Street corridor to Tom Davies Square at lunchtime, several motorists gave cheers of support. Detective Constable Ryan Hutton, one of the organizers of the rally, said the day was a nationally recognized event and the first time it had been noticed by first responders in the Sudbury area. Hutton said it’s important to have a day to raise awareness about PTSD and mental health and wellness.
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Plan your Great Sudbury Canada day fun
There are plenty of options for Greater Sudbury’s Canada Day fun on July 1st. It will be one of the biggest celebrations at Science North. Enjoy indoors at the Science Center with 50% off admission from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After 5 p.m., admission is $5 per person for admission to Dinosaur Discoveries, IMAX, and the Planetarium. Outdoor entertainment, which runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., includes live entertainment, food vendors, children’s activities, and to conclude Canada Day, fireworks at 10 p.m. (weather and fire bans dependent). Full details are available online here. The other big celebration is being hosted at the Sudbury Arena by the Sudbury Folklore and Folklore Society, in partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury.
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Free admission Sunday to the Northern Lights Festival
The festival announced that admission will be free for Sunday programs during the Northern Lights Festival this year. This is done “as a gesture of thanks to the community”. The Northern Lights Festival is fast approaching July 6-9 in Bell Park this year, plus satellite locations. Free Sunday Entry is made possible by the support of Presenter Sponsor OLG and NLFB TD. This includes performances by: acclaimed Montreal singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, Japanese psych rock innovators TEKE::TEKE and folk rock singer Atawabiskat Adrienne Sutherland; Plus performances from exclusive collaborative workshops, such as “Blues Across Borders” with Lloyd Spiegel, Angelique Francis, and Paul Dunn; “The Beat Generation” with Korea Town Acid, Sam Klassik, Dubgee, PA.II, and Nyama Nyama Sound; and much more. These are just a few examples.
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Cambrian College sells its musical instruments
As students continue to be accepted into Cambrian College’s music program and the last students in the program graduate, the college is selling its musical instruments starting this week. “First-year admissions are still pending, and neither is the program itself,” Cambrian College spokesperson Dan Lessard explained in an email to Sudbury.com. There is a formal process for this that we haven’t done yet. However, due to regional enrollment trends, we do not expect a change in the decision to withhold admission, which is why we sell instrumentals. “The space that was previously occupied by the music program is critical to classes in other programs as we increase our total enrollment.”
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Challenge Meet honors its founder, John Roberts
On the 20th anniversary of Meet the Challenge, a student athletics event with exceptions, event founder John Roberts was honored to see. When Roberts retired from the Rainbow District School Board in 2003, he was inspired to start a “students with exceptions” athletics event. Since then, thousands of English and French public school students across the region have taken part in the challenge, which now offers Tyke, Atom, Bantam, Dwarf/Junior, and Open Age classes in developmental ability, ambulatory, wheelchair, and blind groups. Students gather on the track at Laurentian University for activities like sprints, high jump, long jump, softball, archery and more as they are encouraged by an army of supporters.
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Two were injured in a moose collision overnight on the highway. 144
Two people were sent to the hospital after a car collided with an antelope on Route 144 late Monday night. Shortly before 11 p.m. on June 26, the West Nipissing OPP responded to a one-vehicle collision on Highway 144, a disorderly town, north of Great Sudbury, County Sheriff said. A preliminary investigation revealed that a car had hit the shadows of a moose. Two people were taken to the local hospital by Manitoulin-Sudbury District Ambulance Services with serious but not life-threatening injuries. Route 144 was closed in both directions for just over five hours during the investigation.
Sunny, high 23 today
Expect a sunny day Wednesday, with a high of 23 degrees. Today’s UV Index is eight, or very high. More wildfire smoke is expected to blur things out. Tonight we expect clear skies and a low of 11.
