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Cst. Joseph MacDonald Memorial Award: Craig Maki

Although we could not gather in person this year or last year for the Community and Police Awards Gala, we would still like to formally recognize members of our Service and of the Public who have had a direct impact on community safety and well-being in Greater Sudbury.

The Constable Joseph MacDonald Memorial Award is presented to a Police Service member who has demonstrated outstanding service to youth through official duty and community involvement.

Craig Maki, Manager of our 911 Emergency Communications...

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Earlier this year, the bodies of 215 children were found at the site of a former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Over the next months, thousands of other children were found, and searches continue today.

Thursday, September 30th, 2021 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, originally known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a time for Canadians to acknowledge and learn more about the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools and how...

Police Community Partnership Award: N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre

Although we could not gather in person this year or last year for the Community and Police Awards Gala, we would still like to formally recognize members of our Service and of the Public who have had a direct impact on community safety and well-being in Greater Sudbury.

Today, we present the 2020 Police Community Partnership Award to Marie Meawasige on behalf of the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre in Greater Sudbury. 

In 2015, prior to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous...

Nicole Belair Service Above-Self Award: Pascal Bedard

Although we could not gather in person this year for the Community and Police Awards Gala, we would still like to formally recognize members of our Service and of the Public who have had a direct impact on community safety and well-being in Greater Sudbury.

Today, we present the 2021 Nicole Belair Service Above-Self Memorial Award to Pascal Bedard, a community member from Greater Sudbury. 

The Nicole Belair Service Above-Self Memorial Award is presented annually to a community member who has...

17 year old Arrested and Charged - Stabbing on Medina Lane

UPDATE

Through the investigation, Detectives identified the individual believed to be responsible for the stabbing as a 17 year old young man from Greater Sudbury.

Just before 12:40 a.m. this morning, September 23, 2021, Detectives from our Break Enter and Robbery (BEAR) Unit of our Integrated Crime Section assisted by Patrol Officers located and arrested the youth on Elgin Street in Greater Sudbury.

The 17 year old has been charged with the following offences under the Criminal Code of Canada;