An Indigenous youth has brought her popular business to northern Ontario, launching a scrunchie vending machine at the New Sudbury Centre shopping mall. Mya Beaudry started making and selling scrunchies in 2019 to give back to youth in her community near Ottawa.

The sport of cricket continues to grow in popularity in northeastern Ontario, along with the rapid rise in the south Asian population. A second cricket club is now launching in Greater Sudbury and area schools are including it in gym classes.

About 5,000 international students are currently in Sudbury and a large number of them are looking for work. They say it can be difficult to find a job.

Public health workers worry that northeastern Ontario will continue to have higher opioid-related mortality rates than the rest of the province as supervised consumption sites lose their funding.

People in northern Ontario are getting themselves ready to view the solar eclipse on April 8, that will stretch across much of the province during the afternoon hours. The Greater Sudbury area should be able to see about 90 per cent coverage.

Several people rallied outside Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointes downtown constituency office Tuesday, calling for her and the Immigration minister to stop the deportation of a community member.

Local chocolatiers in the Greater Sudbury area say rising cocoa prices due to a global shortage of cocoa beans, is putting a strain on their already thin budgets when it comes to ordering supplies to make their chocolates. The businesses say, ultimately, it will be their customers who will end up paying more for their treats.