We recognize that there is some concern among some our readers regarding the respiratory illness known as Enterovirus (EV-D68).  At this time of the year with many students returning to school there is always an increase in respiratory illnesses, especially in children. The Sudbury District Health Unit has however NOT reported any confirmed case of Enterovirus (EV-D68) in the Sudbury District.

As of late last week there have only been a handful of confirmed cases in Canada; 18 in Alberta, 3 in BC, and 4 cases in Ontario that CHEO confirmed did not result in intensive car treatment and from which all patients have made a complete recovery.

 

water main break at MR80 and MacKenzie Street in Val Caron will shut down water delivery to homes and businesses from Yorkshire Drive to 500m North of Main Street (around the Caisse Populaire) from 9 p.m. Wednesday, September 24 to 9 p.m. Thursday, September 25, 2014.

This morning at approximately 5:30am a lone male entered the Esso Gas Bar located at 180 LaSalle Boulevard brandishing both a knife and a handgun.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service and City of Greater Sudbury By-law have received complaints in the past week, of aggressive salespersons in the area, representing a company called Just Energy. CGS By-law has confirmed that Just Energy does not have a licence to conduct business in the Greater Sudbury area.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service wants to share a warning that was issued in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. It refers to a rise in teenagers reporting incidents where they are extorted for money as a result of sexual images / videos of them they shared by way of social media, with someone they believed to be other young persons