SUDBURY A 33-year-old woman has died in hospital following a major fire that killed two others at a Sudbury housing unit, Sudbury police said Monday morning in a news release. Her name is not being released at the request of the family. Firefighters were called to a residential complex at 744 Bruce Ave. in the Flour Mill at 4:45 a.m. April 11 after a neighbour saw smoke and flames. Approximately 15 people were evacuated from the section of townhouses, but a 50-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were killed as a result of the blaze. The 33-year-old had been carried out of the building by firefighters and was taken to the Sudbury hospital before being airlifted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, where she died five days later of her injuries.
SUDBURY The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Glencore’s Kidd Operations Mine Site in Timmins. To date, three employees are confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the investigation has determined that the cases are related to the workplace, the health unit said in a news release. The cases are currently in self-isolation. The health unit is working with the workplace to ensure infection prevention and control measures are in place, the release said. The management team at Glencore’s Kidd operations mine site is taking all the necessary precautions to reduce the risk of infection and prevent the transmission of COVID, the release said.
SUDBURY Marc Meilleur, of Noelville, says he had to check his winning ticket almost a dozen times before it sunk in that he had won $70 million. Meilleur, 60, won the top Lotto Max prize in the Feb. 26 draw. He said he and his wife, Dorothy-Ann have been dedicated lottery players for many years. Each buys their own tickets to ensure they don’t miss a draw. Marc buys Quick Picks while his wife plays her own numbers, which consist of birth dates and anniversaries. The morning after the draw, the retired mechanic checked his Quick Pick tickets on the OLG Lottery app when he saw “$70,000,000” displayed on the screen. Even after scanning the ticket four or five more times with the same result, he was still not convinced he had hit the Lotto Max jackpot.
TIMMINS The pandemic is stressing everyone out so much so, according to a national survey from Finder.com, that it contributed to over 4.6 million Canadians breaking up, separating, or divorcing since the global crisis began. Timmins-based couple and family therapist, Kaitlin Senkis, suggests the challenges brought on the pandemic have been causing couples to be more irritable and communicate less as well as forcing them to face unresolved issues. Other problems that were already existing in the relationship and (the pandemic) heightened or exacerbated that or brought on new issues, Senkis said. Respondents were not asked what specifically caused their breakups, but many cited cabin fever, rising COVID-19 cases, and financial issues as their top stressors.