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Advocates calling for public toilets in Greater Sudbury s downtown core

There are no public washroom facilities to go to once the Samaritan Center closes its door at 7pm, leaving many having to use alleyways and green patches to relieve themselves.

How the shocking discovery of a Sudbury woman s birth mom is changing lives

How the shocking discovery of a Sudbury woman s birth mom is changing lives After learning she was adopted as a child in Sudbury, Ont., Lise Laforge spent years looking for her birth mother only to deal with a long struggle to accept the shocking truth. Now 48 and living in Toronto, she s an advocate for people experiencing homelessness, something that s changed her life. Social Sharing Lisa Laforge, 48, says learning her roots wasn’t easy but she s now helping people experiencing homelessness Posted: Apr 26, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 26 Lise Laforge, 48, lives in Toronto and volunteers to help local organizations collect donations for people experiencing homelessness. Laforge learned she was adopted at age eight, but later discovered her birth mother spent years without a permanent home in Sudbury, Ont., something she learned to identify with to help others.(Supplied by Lise Laforge)

For addicts, downtown Sudbury s white crosses an unpleasant reminder

Try refreshing your browser. For addicts, downtown Sudbury s white crosses an unpleasant reminder Back to video One of the most common words to describe the white crosses that line Paris Street is ‘haunting’. The crosses mark not only the names of those lost to the opioid crisis, but also the eternal grief of their loved ones. Sadly, the crosses haunt another group of people, too, but for different reasons: those vulnerable and marginalized populations of downtown Sudbury that are fighting with every breath to avoid the same fate for themselves; those who have no home but the streets of the downtown core, where well-intentioned families trapped in understandable grief have created a cemetery in their backyard.

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