Community News

The Tigres from Sudbury's École St-Denis were the victorious team in the CSPGNO Mixed Soff-Ball Tournament that was held on June 2 at the Terry-Fox Field.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School in Val Caron is the 2014 winner of the 'Ugliest Schoolyard Contest”, presented annually by VETAC, Greater Sudbury's Regreening Advisory Panel.

Greater Sudbury, May 28, 2014 - On Thursday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m., some 1,800 grade 6, 7 and 8 francophone students from some 30 Greater Sudbury, Sudbury East, North Shore, Algoma and other Northern Ontario schools will gather at Bell Park’s Grace Hartman Amphitheatre for the St-Jean Baptiste performance featuring the Franco-Ontarian artist Stef Paquette.

Sierra Howald, a grade 12 student at Sudbury’s École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur, was awarded the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers during a Ceremony held on May 14 in the Ontario Lieutenant-Governor’s Suite.

May 16, 2014 - Rarely does the gymnasium at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School in Hanmer echo the sound of silence, however, on Friday, May 9th, 2014 at 12:45 p.m., it did just that.

Students from Sudbury’s Collège Notre-Dame displayed great skill during the recent Franco-Ontarian Chess Tournament in Haileybury from May 8 to 10. This activity enabled the 235 student players to measure their skills in a discipline that requires much strategizing, memory and problem-solving abilities.

Some 650 francophone students from 88 French language Catholic and public secondary schools will gather in Hearst from May 16 to 19 to take part in the 21st edition of the Jeux franco-ontariens (Franco-Ontarian Games). Held at École secondaire catholique de Hearst under the theme “Forêt pas manquer ça,” this annual provincial gathering attracts a great deal of attention among students from the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO).

Police Week was officially launched Monday at the Community Safety and Well-being Planning forum. Representatives from the City of Greater Sudbury, Sudbury Healthy Community Cabinet, the Greater Sudbury Police Services and partners from the human and social services sectors, municipal officers, community-based organizations and residents gathered to begin the process of developing comprehensive and integrated framework for community safety and well-being planning

Bitten by an Animal? Here's What to Do!

Report the bite or scratch to the local health unit. The Sudbury & District Health Unit (SDHU) investigates all reported animal bites and scratches. Most investigations involve pet cats and dogs, although some involve stray and wild animals.

A dedication ceremony was held at Jean Hanson Public School today in honour of the former Director of Education for Rainbow District School Board. Trustees unanimously approved the renaming of Gatchell School in her memory at the regular Board meeting on April 29, 2014.