Laurentian University's four-year midwifery program, one of only three offered in the province and the only one offered in French, was one of the many cuts made during the university's restructuring announcement on Monday.
A northern Ontario man witnessed a moment of perseverance as a deer struggled to make it to shore on a lake with melting ice, and caught it all on video.
Another person has died of COVID-19, Public Health Sudbury & Districts said Tuesday, the 24th fatality in the area connected to the disease since the pandemic began.
Public Health Sudbury & Districts is advising the public of a potential low-risk exposure to COVID-19 for anyone who was at the Toys R Us store on Marcus Drive in Greater Sudbury from April 5-7.
Greater Sudbury Utilities said about 1,300 hydro customers in parts of the New Sudbury neighbourhood were without power for a short period of time Tuesday morning.
Laurentian University faculty and staff are still reeling over Monday's eliminated positions as the school attempts to restructure as part of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act process. Roughly 87 faculty members, many of them tenure, were told their positions were gone.
A new private career college is offering programs in Sudbury. Northern Construction Academy was developed through relationships built with officials at Pioneer Construction and Fisher Wavy.
Emotions are running high these days on Laurentian University campus as faculty, staff and students try to determine their next steps. It comes after Monday's announcement that dozens of people, including 110 faculty positions, are being terminated.
Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether, following news of its possible link to very rare blood clot cases, health authorities said.
Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died behind bars early Wednesday. He was 82.
Four public health experts and a Toronto city councillor are calling on the province to implement a system that would allow everyone to pre-register to get the COVID-19 vaccine in an effort to address confusion over how and when to book a shot.
In the wake of the first reported blood clot in Canada linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine, many doctors are emphasizing that undergoing the risk of an exceedingly rare adverse response to a vaccine is far more safe than risking contracting COVID-19.
Health Canada says a new and extremely rare blood clotting syndrome may be linked to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but the benefits of the vaccine still far outweigh the risks.
Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether, following news of its possible link to very rare blood clot cases, health authorities said.
Some 10,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments that were scheduled to take place at two clinics in Scarborough, Ont., between Wednesday and Monday are now being cancelled due to a lack of supply.
