(LISTEN) Loneliness in Sudbury Like Smoking 17 Cigarettes a Day

A three-year pilot project in Sudbury to help seniors living with isolation and loneliness is expanding. The Parkside Older Adult Centre started the Social Prescribing program three years ago to have healthcare providers refer older adults to its programs to improve their mental and physical health.

(LISTEN) There's a Large Garage Sale in Downtown Sudbury June 22

There's a garage sale coming up in Downtown Sudbury that isn't your typical garage sale. Sandra Simpson is the coordinator of the Hidden Treasures Indoor Garage Sale that's happening Saturday June 22 inside St. Andrew's United Church at 111 Larch Street in Downtown Sudbury. 

(LISTEN) Teams and Date Announced for Kraft Hockeyville Game .. But ..

It’s official! The teams and the date for the NHL preseason matchup hosted by Kraft Hockeyville 2024 have been announced.  Elliot Lake was the winner of Kraft Hockeyville 2024 and will receive $250,000 for upgrades to the currently closed Centennial Arena. So where will the game be played?  

(LISTEN) This Guy Had the Winning Ticket But Couldn't Get Paid

There was a story on CTV about a guy from Markham who had a winning Lotto 6/49 ticket. But when he went to claim his prize, he couldn’t remember where he bought the ticket and wasn't able to claim his jackpot. So I thought to myself, he's got the winning ticket and it's a real ticket. What's the p…

(LISTEN) First-Of-Its-Kind Ambulance Simulator in Sudbury

Students at Collège Boréal in Sudbury are learning in a new ambulance simulator that's the first one in Ontario and third in Canada.  CTV's Lyndsay Aelick covered the story.

(LISTEN) Manitoulin Teacher Makes RCAF Centennial List

Only 100 people in Canada will receive the Canadian Armed Forces Centennial Coin this year and Manitoulin Island teacher Heather Jefkins of Charles C. McLean Public School in Gore Bay is one of them. CTV's Amanda Hicks went to Gore Baya to follow the story. 

(LISTEN) What You Said About Finding Sudbury's Best Butter Tarts

A Pure Country listener posted on Reddit on Friday that they were supposed to go to the butter tart festival in Midland this weekend but couldn't. So she went on her own personal butter tart festival and she wanted to know where to go in Greater Sudbury and area for the best butter tarts. This is w…

(LISTEN) Jelly Roll Acceptance Speeches Are Just Wild

Jelly Roll's taken country by storm and he keeps winning awards, so we get to hear more and more of his acceptance speeches. And when he starts preachin', the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and you feel like you could run through a brick wall. Apparently that's called the Jelly effect.

(LISTEN) Reversing Environmental Impacts of Mining in Sudbury

Recently, there was a celebration of the work that a greenhouse in Copper Cliff has done over the last half-century to help reverse some of the environmental impacts of mining in Greater Sudbury.

(LISTEN) Greater Sudbury Wins Thanks to Tim Hortons Smile Cookies

There were plenty of smiles in Greater Sudbury recently as local Tim Hortons franchises handed over proceeds from their recent Smile Cookie Campaign to three local charities.