Thanks to The Sudbury Star, Brenda Salo and deputy fire chief Jesse Oshell, Sudburians are finding out just how badly fire services are being managed in the…
Re: ‘Beaver Lake residents pushing for more fire protection,’ May 15.
Thanks to The Sudbury Star, Brenda Salo and Deputy Chief Jesse Oshell, Sudburians are finding out how badly fire services in Greater Sudbury are being managed.
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While the department pleads for extra space and is spending a couple of hundred thousand dollars on a UK study to further decimate available services, the system has already been managed into a system of decay badly in need of a management change.
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When Sylvain Kilganon-Cronier asked to borrow an all-terrain vehicle from his Val Therese neighbour, he did not drive toward his residence, but in the other direction toward the closed end of the street and a construction site.
Kilganon-Cronier went into a ditch, lost control, and the ATV rolled over.
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Kilganon-Cronier was found lying on the ground. He told Greater Sudbury Police officers and paramedics he had consumed four or five “tall boy” cans of beer. He was taken to hospital with a spinal injury.
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After a convoluted discussion that was at times difficult to follow, council has decided on a taxation scheme that will temporarily spread the costs of hiring eight new firefighters across the city.
During this week’s council meeting, councillors discussed area ratings, which, broadly speaking, assign different taxation rates to different parts of the city, based on the transit and municipal fire service received. There are four different zones within the city urban, composite, volunteer commuter and volunteer.
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