Good morning, Greater Sudbury! Here are a few stories to start your day on this Tuesday morning.
Sudbury Remembrance Day ceremony attendees asked to arrive by 10:15 a.m.
Those attending the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Sudbury Community Arena are being asked to arrive no later than 10:15 a.m. The ceremony itself will begin at 10:30 a.m., though attendees are being encouraged to arrive by 10:15 a.m. to find their seats in time to avoid disruption. GOVA Transit will be offering free rides to and from the arena, and will be operating under its regular service schedule. To receive a free ride, tell the driver you’re attending the ceremony. Free parking in municipal lots and metered parking will be available for those attending the ceremony. Legionnaires of Dr. Fred Starr Branch 76, Sudbury’s original Legion branch, will present the ceremony.
Ward 7 Coun. Natalie Labbée named new head of Sudbury Food Bank
Natalie Labbée is the new executive director of the Sudbury Food Bank. Board chair Greg Fontaine confirmed the news on Monday, noting Labbée would be joining the organization on Dec. 1. A media release will be provided later today. Labbée currently serves on Greater Sudbury city council in Ward 7, and has been the Parkside Older Adult Centre’s assistant manager and co-ordinator since August 2020. She was elected to city council in 2022 and also ran under the Ontario Liberal Party banner in Nickel Belt in this year’s provincial election. NDP incumbent France Gélinas was re-elected.
Veterans honoured at Wolves’ annual Remembrance Day game
Local veterans were honoured at Sudbury Arena on Sunday afternoon as the Sudbury Wolves hosted their annual Remembrance Day game ahead of Nov. 11 on Tuesday. Prior to the teams taking the ice for the annual match played in honour of local war veterans, a game that has been sponsored by Sudbury.com for several years, a special Nov. 11 ceremony was held on the ice. With a memorial cross set up on the ice and wreathes laid in front, a colour party and pipe band paraded onto the ice. Dan Draper, the area administrator for the UN/NATO Veterans of Canada, served an emcee for the occasion. The ceremony involved the playing of “The Last Post” and “The Lament”, prior to the traditional recitation of the Act of Remembrance and “In Flander’s Fields”. Joining UN/NATO Veterans and members of the 2912 Sudbury Irish Royal Canadian Cadet Corps on the ice for the ceremony were sisters Bonnie Courchesne and Kathy O’Neill, the daughters of Second World War veteran Gerald “Gerry” Wagner of Sudbury, who passed away July 19 at the age of 100.
Robinson Huron lawyers push back after court cuts fees by $487M
The lawyers who argued in support of the Robinson Huron Treaty legal team’s $510 million in fees are pushing back against the strong words contained in the Superior Court’s decision to slash them by $487 million, calling the judge’s findings “offensive” and “paternalistic.” In an email to Sudbury.com on behalf of their clients, Nahwegahbow Corbiere, Brian Gover of Stockwoods Barristers said an appeal was being “contemplated,” and that it would “address the judge’s central findings” as well as “several negative inferences made about counsel.” That’s a similar message to what Sudbury.com received from the Robinson Huron Treaty Litigation Team (RHTLF), which told us they are “conducting a full review of the decision” of Justice Frederick Myers, who wrote in his decision that legal fees are “not a lottery ticket offering a bonus prize of generational wealth to the lawyers.” Disputing the judge’s characterization of their fees as “a lottery ticket,” Gover countered, saying far from a lottery ticket. “the massive case required the legal team to invest 17 years and 65,000 hours in a highly uncertain cause.”
Adding residential context to 2026-27 city budget numbers
Greater Sudbury property taxes are too high, and an assessed value of $230,000 does not represent the average single-family detached home in Greater Sudbury. This, according to online comments and emails in response to Sudbury.com’s Tuesday night story on the city’s recently tabled draft budget setting a 5.7-per-cent tax levy hike for 2026. While “too high” is up for interpretation, City of Greater Sudbury residential property taxes are close to the median levied among Ontario municipalities with populations of 100,000 or greater. As for property assessments, a single-family detached home assessed at $230,000 is in the same ballpark as Greater Sudbury’s current median of $240,000. This $230,000 figure came up during Tuesday night’s finance and administration committee meeting of city council, at which city Finance director Margaret Karpenko delivered a presentation highlighting some implications behind staff’s base 2026-27 budget.
Project Impact wants your big ideas to improve the community
Sudbury's Project Impact is looking for your big idea to make Sudbury a better place; a more livable place. Project Impact, which describes itself as a community-building organization, is now accepting applications for small community projects that make a big difference. The simple application form is available at ProjectImpact.ca. The deadline to apply is Jan. 31, 2026. The Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury is happy to help guide people through the process. Since its launch in 2015, Project Impact has funded 67 grassroots projects across Greater Sudbury, said a news release. These projects have included students building birdhouses, greenhouses, squirrel homes and rain barrels, creating artwork to reduce bird strikes into windows, neighbours planting trees and milkweed, organizing clean-ups, hosting neighbourhood events, launching clothing swaps and creating pollinator gardens, said the release. Other projects have included community groups painting murals, holding workshops, transforming rescued fruit into snacks for school programs, growing food for seniors, restoring habitat, leading citizen science, organizing kids’ bike exchanges and enhancing awareness of Canada Post’s junk mail reduction program.
