Today was a historic day for the community as
@JaneGoodallInst
, was joined by the Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
to plant the 10 millionth tree on the beautiful shores of Ramsey Lake in celebration of Greater Sudbury's regreening efforts. 🌳❤️
These two beautiful cubs are in safe hands today, thanks to City Parks staff,
@SudburyPolice
and
@ONresources
. The cubs were found hiding in a tree after Mama Bear was hit by a vehicle in Garson. The cubs are now being cared for by
@bearwithusbears
and will be released next year
If this kind of training looks like fun, then this reminder is for you! Deadline for full-time firefighter application submissions is one week. Apply by March 20, 2020
City Recruiting Full-time Firefighters
City crews working long & hot days have told us that residents have been coming out & bringing them water and juice and thanking them for their work. Thank YOU Greater Sudbury for being patient and for your kindness while we work to get the clean-up completed.
#sudburystorm2018
Thank you to all staff at Pioneer Manor, caring for our community's most vulnerable every day. We support you. We appreciate you. Stay strong!
#StaffAppreciationWeek
Best of luck to Lively's Meagan Duhamel (
@mhjd_85
) and partner Eric Radford (
@Rad85E
) this weekend at Skate America in Lake Placid! We'll be cheering for you!
#nevergiveup
#sudbury
The City of Greater Sudbury stands for the protection and support of our 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. Our focus remains on ensuring our community is a safe and inclusive space for all . . .
On Friday afternoon, GOVA driver Alex Ranger saw a baby duckling fall into a catchbasin while it was following its mother and siblings. Robby Gratton and Peter Brown worked together to rescue the baby and reunite it, safe and sound, with its mother who was waiting nearby. 🦆♥️
City of Greater Sudbury Transit Bus Operator, Christine Larochelle is recognized for her heroic efforts when on December 11 she stopped her bus to perform CPR on a young woman who had collapsed.
@BiggerSudbury
@CGSParamedics
May 1 is First Responders Day, and we want to recognize all of our paramedics, firefighters, police officers, health care workers and other everyday heroes.
Thank you for being the first to respond in times of crisis. We are so grateful for your service!
Winter road maintenance update: All crews are fully deployed to deal with the effects of the freezing rain. Thanks to our hard-working road crews out there!
City crews have been salting and sanding today and into this evening in preparation for tonight’s freezing rain event. As of 6 pm, a full call out of all City crews and contractors was initiated. All crews are fully deployed dealing with the effects of the freezing rain.
As part of this pilot project,
@PublicHealthSD
staff and
@CGSParamedics
will work together to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to homebound individuals who reside in Greater Sudbury.
Happy Pride Week!
The City of Greater Sudbury encourages residents to celebrate and support diversity, equity and inclusion within our community and beyond.
Let us continue to foster understanding and work together to build a sense of belonging for all.
The Ramsey Lake Skating Path will open for the season at 4 p.m. on Friday, January 21, 2022.
Hours of operation are Monday to Friday from 4 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 8 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.
Virtual Book of Condolences for Alex Trebek
Greater Sudbury Mayor Brian Bigger and City Council invite residents to sign a virtual book of condolence for Alex Trebek, former Greater Sudbury resident and host of Jeopardy!.
When calling 911, you will be asked questions to assess risk of COVID-19 exposure. It's critical to be truthful with 911 operators. Emergency crews will respond, but need to know what precautions to take. Safety of our first responders is essential. Please help us keep them safe.
To all PSWs at Pioneer Manor, on the front lines, caring for our community's most vulnerable every day, thank you for making a difference in the lives of residents.
#PSWDay
It's
#transitdriverappreciationday
and we would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the incredible operators who continue to keep Sudbury moving during these difficult times.
❄️ The average snow accumulation for the last 10 years is 294.04 cm, and we have already received a total of 242.6 cm! We're working as fast as we can to get the roads, sidewalks and snowbanks at major intersections cleared as fast as we can. Thank you for your patience.❄️
In February 2021, weekly collection of one garbage bag/container/bundle and unlimited leaf and yard trimmings will move to two bags/containers/bundles and unlimited leaf and yard trimmings every other week.
What a week! Thank you to our GIS (map nerds) for putting together this compilation of calls received Monday and Tuesday by Fire and Police (red), our 311 service (green), and Greater Sudbury Hydro (orange) to create this storm impact map.
Today
@BiggerSudbury
, Councilor Montpellier, Chief Joe Nicholls, and the Paramedic Honour Guard honour paramedics and dispatchers who lost their lives on duty or due to a struggle with mental illness.
A big thanks to the
@SudburyPolice
for their show of support and solidarity tonight! Much appreciated. 💙🧡
Merci au Service de police du Grand Sudbury pour son geste d’appui et de solidarité ce soir. Nous vous sommes reconnaissants.
Le vendredi après-midi, Alex Ranger, un chauffeur d’autobus de GOVA, a vu un caneton tomber dans un puisard de rue alors qu’il suivait sa maman. Robby Gratton et Peter Brown ont travaillé ensemble pour sauver le caneton et le réunir, sain et sauf, avec sa maman. 🦆♥️
To our friends and family in long-term care facilities, we miss and love you. To the people taking care of the people we love while we can’t, thank you. The Pioneers Choir at Pioneer Manor Long-Term Care Facility.
#staystrong
#stayhome
Congratulations to the newest Paramedic Services recruits! Each one of our new members brings a unique perspective and skillset to the job. We connected to get to know more about what brought them to paramedicine. Stay tuned as we highlight a few of our newest paramedics!
Thank you to Tim Hortons for treating our GOVA Transit operators to a special drive-thru this morning! The Tim Hortons Experience is an initiative to thank transit operators and other workers who have been going the extra mile to keep our community moving through the pandemic.
We found the proof! Apollo 16 astronaut John Young, on the surface of the Moon, said "It looks like a Sudbury breccia, and that's the truth." Sudbury has the honour of being the only Canadian city to be mentioned on the surface of the moon. Thanks for the find Brendan Shand!
To the late nights, the countless emails, the many games of phone tag, the interviews, the laughs and the great reporting.
@Darrenmacd
, you will be greatly missed at city hall. Call us sometime (311).
Queen’s Athletic Skating Oval is now open. Hours of operation are Monday to Friday, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 10 p.m.
Due to fluctuations in temperatures, hours of operation may change.
We're excited to announce our panel members for next week's Smart Cities Challenge Panel Discussion / Table ronde sur les villes intelligentes! Thank you to our partners for taking part! Merci!
Public skating will be free of charge at all 14 community arenas this fall, under a pilot program to provide affordable access to recreational and leisure opportunities in the City of Greater Sudbury.
Pioneer Manor would like to thank local elementary school students and community groups for the Christmas cards and decorations they made for the Home. Residents were so excited to receive them.
1/2 Due to province wide issues with the election server we will be extending voting period to 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow, Oct 23. Residents can still vote online on a computer, tablet or iphone. It is expected that all locations available today will be available tomorrow.
We want to take a moment to thank
@CGSParamedics
, who are working hard to support
@PublicHealthSD
with the local rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Last week they helped administer vaccines to residents at both Extendicare Falconbridge and Extendicare York.
Congratulations to the Canadian Mental Health Association Sudbury/Manitoulin and community partners on today's opening of Greater Sudbury's first low-barrier, year-round emergency shelter for our community's most vulnerable residents. Doors open to adults of all genders at 10 p.m
GOVA Transit bus operators are wearing their pink shirts today for
#PinkShirtDay2023
. Join them and help spread the message that “Bullying Stops Here!"
The Sudbury Alerts sent to community this morning was sent in error as part of weekly testing. Please disregard the messages. There is no emergency at this time. Thank you for your patience as we continue to improve our notification system.
The City is pleased to receive Platinum Certification by the World Council on City Data, the highest certification level offered by the Canada-based, global leader in standardized city data, creating smart, sustainable, resilient and prosperous cities.
Now that construction season is in full swing we want to remind you that zipper merging helps reduce congestion during lane closures. Check out this Earthcare video for more information about the Zipper Merge!
The City of Greater Sudbury recently commissioned two murals in Downtown Sudbury led by artists Monique Legault and Nico Glaude. The Sudbury Arts Council is inviting the community to a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Elgin Street underpass tomorrow, Oct. 12, starting at 1:30 p.m.
What’s old is new again, as GOVA celebrates 50 years of Transit service in the Greater Sudbury community. We have wrapped one of our buses in the original orange design.
Community gardens are now considered an essential service by the province. Stay tuned as we work with
@PublicHealthSD
and our community garden volunteers to understand how to maintain a safe distance while gardening.
.
@BiggerSudbury
presented lifeguards John Bronicheski and Amy Leger with a WISE Award of Excellence for the role they played in resuscitating an unconscious elderly man at Bell Park on July 31, 2019.
Meet the Tactical Emergency Medical Services Paramedicine Team: The TEMS team was formed in 2021 and is comprised of 9 Advanced Care Paramedics.
In high-risk situations, they provide emergency medical care and support alongside the
@SudburyPolice
Emergency Response Unit (ERU).
2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the City of Greater Sudbury’s Regreening Program. Crews are out planting trees. Share your stories and photos with others at .
We know a lot of people are doing some spring cleaning while they’re spending all this time at home. We can’t emphasize this enough: PLEASE don’t have a yard or garage sale. Physical distancing is still so important. Call 311 24/7 to report organized public or social gatherings.
March 21, 2021 is
#InternationalDayofForests
. Take a moment to appreciate that locally, the City’s Regreening Program has planted almost 10 million trees over the past four decades on land left barren by historical industrial activities. Regreening Rocks!
On day 3 of our
#gova
launch councillor
@SudburyDeb
adds a second mode of transportation to her transit adventure. All of our transit buses have bike racks so you can explore new territory across the community! Ask our green-shirt ambassadors for help finding your destination.
Good morning, everyone! At 8 a.m. we initiated a full call out of all City and contractor crews.
We are out on the roads clearing snow and we always appreciate your patience. Please drive according to conditions and stay back when you see our plows out on the road.
Update: 311 phone lines are back up and running. Special thanks to the countless hours our IT staff has put in during COVID-19 to ensure critical & essential services can continue. Hats off to all staff in the background supporting these services! We couldn't do it without you!
Remember motorists.. the zipper merge is the safest way to merge and it helps to reduce traffic congestion.
#zippermerge
#bestmerge
S’insérer dans la circulation par alternance, c’est la façon la plus sécuritaire de le faire et d’aider à réduire la congestion routière.”.
Investing in Canada bilateral agreement with Province provides opportunity for up to $99 M for Greater Sudbury Transit over next decade. Bright days ahead.
We have rain in the forecast for today and on and off throughout the week! A reminder that even with today's rain, conditions remain dry and the fire ban remains in place.