Sudbury woman seeks help with alcohol struggle, ends up losing driver's licence
A Sudbury woman who sought help for alcohol dependency and mental-health challenges ended up losing her driver's licence.

A Sudbury woman who sought help for alcohol dependency and mental-health challenges ended up losing her driver's licence.
Ontario provincial police said Tuesday about 15 cows remain to be rounded up by contractors following four days of roaming in the Old Woman Road area of Highway 17 north of Sault Ste. Marie.
An Ontario court has removed Maureen Van Alstine from town council in Espanola.
An Ontario court has removed Maureen Van Alstine from town council in Espanola.
A Sudbury woman who sought help for alcohol dependency and mental-health challenges ended up losing her driver's licence.
Environment Canada has issued a frost warning for several areas in the northeast following hot and dry conditions over the weekend.
Sudbury has cleared a major hurdle in opening its first supervised drug consumption site after receiving permission from Health Canada, organizers say.
A 24-year-old driver has been charged after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing into guardrails on Highway 69 in the French River area, police say.
Environment Canada has issued a frost warning for several areas in the northeast following hot and dry conditions over the weekend.
Traffic has come to a stand still on Highway 11 south of North Bay on Tuesday morning after a transport rolled over on its side, police say.
Trees have been planted at Canadore College's two locations in North Bay, as part of the institution's environmental sustainability efforts.
Hot and dry weekend weather conditions did little to alleviate the fire hazard in the northeast.
Many skywatchers in northern Ontario were delighted to capture and share beautiful lunar images of Sunday night's total eclipse.
Freedom Sisters Sault Ste. Marie is launching the first edition of a campaign designed to raise awareness around ending gender-based violence.
Hot and dry weekend weather conditions did little to alleviate the fire hazard in the northeast.
Many skywatchers in northern Ontario were delighted to capture and share beautiful lunar images of Sunday night's total eclipse.
The Sault Symphony Orchestra is launching what it hopes will be a new concert series aimed at kids.
After a hiatus of nearly three years due to the pandemic, the Sault Ste. Marie Festival of Beer returned Saturday.
Hot and dry weekend weather conditions did little to alleviate the fire hazard in the northeast.
Many skywatchers in northern Ontario were delighted to capture and share beautiful lunar images of Sunday night's total eclipse.
Shop class students at Roland Michener Secondary School constructed pens for animals in the Timmins Fall Fair's 'Grower Program.
After a hiatus of nearly three years due to the pandemic, the Sault Ste. Marie Festival of Beer returned Saturday.
The Schumacher Lions Club has twenty-eight members to help tidy its park. And, if they want to keep their name on the sign, a deal they have with the city of Timmins, which owns the land, has members doing their part by maintaining the park.
U.S. authorities say they discovered a 500-metre long underground smuggling tunnel on Mexico's border.
The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket wrote as far back as November about staging a livestreamed attack on African Americans, practiced shooting from his car and travelled hours from his home in March to scout out the store, according to detailed diary entries he appears to have posted online.
In a 'Good Morning America' interview with Diane Sawyer, Ashley Judd says her family had agreed that she share the cause of death of her mother, Naomi, who died by suicide at age 76.
The man charged 40 years after the brutal murder of a North Bay woman in her home has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
May is Multiple Sclerosis awareness month in Canada. MS is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system and an Ontario woman is sharing her diagnosis story.
Alarm over the possibility that national reproductive rights in the U.S. could be overturned has revived discussions in Canada around abortion access and the prevalence across the country of counselling clinics that actively do not support abortion, known as crisis pregnancy centres.
North Bay Pride hosted a debate with the candidates from the Nipissing riding to present their qualifications and policies in their bid to win a seat at Queen's Park.
Sudburians will notice some familiar faces in the line-up for this provincial election when they got to the polls.
During a Sudbury campaign stop Wednesday morning, Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner announced his plan to help people save money on utilities, create jobs and address climate change.
After two years of the pandemic, many people are anxious to see concerts and sporting events. But when you buy a ticket, it’s often sent right to your smartphone.
During the pandemic more people became pet owners, but some may not realize how expensive it can be if they require emergency veterinary care.
Door-to-door sales of furnace, air conditioners and water heaters were banned in March 2018, but many Ontarians who signed deals before that are still stuck with them.
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Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, have arrived in St. John's, N.L., to begin a three-day Canadian tour that includes stops in Ottawa and the Northwest Territories.
Conservative Party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has a personal financial interest in cryptocurrencies that he has promoted during his campaign as a hedge against inflation.
A day after Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner was robbed of his Range Rover at gunpoint outside an Etobicoke movie theatre, Toronto police said they have already seen more carjackings so far this year than they did in all of 2021.
Canada's transport minister is dismissing claims that the federal government asked airlines to reduce their schedules and cancel flights to ease recent travel delays.
The Green Party of Canada is calling on the federal government to develop a targeted anti-transgender hate strategy, citing a 'rising tide of hate' both in Canada and abroad. Amita Kuttner, who is Canada's first transgender federal party leader, made the call during a press conference on Parliament Hill on Tuesday.
International arrivals at Canadian airports are so backed up, people are being kept on planes for over an hour after they land because there isn't physically enough space to hold the lineups of travellers, says the Canadian Airports Council.
Many Canadians say gun violence is increasing in the communities they live in, with residents in major cities and the country's largest provinces mostly reporting such views, according to a new survey from the Angus Reid Institute.
U.S. authorities on Monday announced the discovery of a major drug smuggling tunnel -- running about the length of a six football fields -- from Mexico to a warehouse in an industrial area in the U.S.
A couple in India are suing their son and daughter-in-law -- for not giving them grandchildren after six years of marriage.