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2017 Police Cup – “Play it Forward” Results

On the weekend of January 13 – 15, 2017, approximately 500 local players, on 31 different teams from the Sudbury Playground Hockey League competed in the Police Cup hockey tournament. 

Once again this year, there was great hockey played in local arenas and participants of the tournament gave back to the community by donating non-perishable food items. Guests and spectators who attend the tournament also donated non-perishable food items with a goal to replenish local food bank supplies after...

Motor Vehicle Collision at the Intersection of Lasalle Boulevard and Barrydowne Road

Greater Sudbury Police are on scene of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Lasalle Boulevard and Barrydowne Road.

The male has been transported to hospital by EMS.

There are road closures in the area, so motorists should expect delays or attempt to find an alternative route.

Greater Sudbury Police continue to investigate the collision. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Police at 705-675-9171 extension 2609. Citizens can also provide...

GSPS Media Release – Pedestrian and Road Safety Initiative

The Greater Sudbury Police Traffic Management Unit is continuing their ongoing effort to ensure Pedestrian and Road Safety.

 

As the days get shorter and the nights longer more motorists are travelling to and from work or operating their vehicles in darkness.  As the fall season extends into November and eventually into the winter months the driving environment and landscape also change, trees lose their leaves and the grass and ground are not as vibrant leaving little contrast between...

70 Arrested in India at CRA Phone Scam Call Centr

The Greater Sudbury Police Service would like to advise the public of 70 arrests recently made in India at a call centre that employed 700 people hired to conduct a phone scam internationally where callers also contacted victim’s in Canada and alleged they were a representative of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).  The callers from the fraudulent call centre would convince the victim that they owed a large amount of taxes to the CRA, and they would insist on immediate payment from the victim...

GSPS Media Release - Twelve Individuals Arrested in Connection to Downtown Drug Trafficking

The Greater Sudbury Police Service Drug Unit in partnership with the Anishinabek Police Service conducted a joint investigation into the distribution of illicit drugs in Greater Sudbury’s downtown core. Greater Sudbury Police received numerous complaints of individuals dealing drugs in and around local establishments.

Throughout the months of August and September 2016, undercover officers engaged with, and made purchases from, individuals who were selling illicit drugs, in turn leading to 12 suspects...