By Stew Kernan

The off-ice part of the Wolves training camp is done.

Players reported this afternoon and went through off-ice workouts at Laurentian University.

Head coach Trent Cull says it’s down to business with the start of on-ice scrimmages tomorrow morning.

Cull says he wants a competitive camp and doesn’t want any player taking it easy thinking they have a spot on the team guaranteed.

The annual Blue and White game goes at 6 o’clock Friday night at the Elgin St. Arena.

By Stew Kernan

Just over two weeks to go before the start of the Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival.

Organizers have now confirmed all the films that will be shown over the nine days of the festival.

This morning, Festival Director Tammy Frick announced the details of the  Opening Night film….I’m Yours.

She describes it as a dramatic, romantic comedy filmed mainly in North Bay.

Festival managing director Patrick O’Hearn says the quality of the films gets better every year…with this year’s line-up possibly the best ever.

The 23rd edition of Cinefest runs from September 17th to the 25th.

For more information go to www.cinefest.com

By Stew Kernan

Rush hour traffic disrupted on Lasalle Blvd after a two vehicle crash.

It happened at the intersection of Montrose Avenue around 4:30 and resulted in a van ending up on it’s side with the drivers side door pinned to the ground.

Rescue workers got the driver and a passenger out of the van…they were both taken to hospital…no word on the extent of their injuries.

Crash at intersection of Lasalle and Montrose.

By Stew Kernan

Police are looking for a suspect in the south end after a bank customer was robbed.

It happened just before 1 o’clock this afternoon…a man ran into the CIBC in the Southridge Mall and grabbed a handful of money from a woman and took off.

The suspect is described as in his 20′s, 5′-7″ and 180 pounds wearing a grey hoody, khaki shorts and a white ball cap.

There were no injuries.

By Angela Gemmill

The Sudbury Regional Hospital is moving closer and closer to its long-term vision of being an Academic Health Science Centre with the announcement of a new major capitol project.

Today the hospital announced plans to build a 20-thousand-square-foot Learner’s Space for aspiring doctors and nurses and for those who are already medical professionals.

Chief of Staff, Dr Chris Bourdon, calls this the single greatest advancement in teaching techniques and patient safety.

He explains how they can recreate a patient’s pathology in a simulation on a computer-generated image and have the surgeon practice the surgery before he has to perform it on a ‘real’ patient.

Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci says the provincial government is committed to paying 90-percent of the cost.

An amount was not disclosed since it could influence tender bids for the construction work.

The hospital will undertake a capitol campaign to raise its 10-percent of the funding.

Completion is slated for late 2014.

(Sudbury Mayor Marianne Matichuk and Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci practice CPR on a dummy patient)

By Angela Gemmill

Greater Sudbury Police are investigating after a pick-up truck was found on fire along Municipal Road 80 in Val Therese early this morning.

Fire crews were called around 4:30am to Bradley Automotive where a vehicle was on fire in the parking lot.

The fire is considered suspicious since several witnesses seen someone leaving the scene.

A nearby car was also damaged.

By Angela Gemmill

OPP used a spike belt to try to stop a stolen SUV heading west on Highway 17, West of Spanish.

The Ford Expedition had been reported stolen from Sudbury earlier in the day and after filling up on gas in Espanola the suspects took off without paying.

The driver had swerved to try to avoid the spike belt but the vehicle ended up in the ditch.

Three men fled the scene, but were quickly arrested by police.

By Angela Gemmill

A man trying to take money out of a Royal Bank ATM machine on Regent Street was the victim of theft last night.

A male suspect demanded the cash and then took off.

Greater Sudbury Police say  the suspect was in his twenties to mid-thirties, stood five-foot-ten, had a muscular build and was wearing a dark hat, a T-shirt and khaki-coloured shorts.

By Angela Gemmill

A 23-year-old man from Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island was killed late Sunday night in New York State when his vehicle was washed away by floods from Hurricane Irene.

Police say Mikita Fox and an American woman were in a car crossing a bridge when the vehicle was swept away.

The bridge over the Great Chazy River in Altona, NY had been partially washed out.

The driver had failed to notice the damage before the vehicle went over.

The two bodies were found downstream, Monday.

By David Lacasse

Greater Sudbury Police were busy in the last ten days taking five impaired drivers off the streets.

On August 20th, a 28-year-old was found slumped over in his vehicle at a gas station on Falconbridge Road.

The vehicle was in the reverse gear, however it was turned off.

The driver was found to be one-and-a-half times over the legal limit.

Russell Karau is charged with Impaired Driving.

On the 25th of August, a car was seen being operated in an erratic manner.

71-year-old John Huycke is charged with Impaired Driving.

On August 28th at around 3:30 a.m., police were called to Levack for a motor vehicle collision.

Upon investigation, it was revealed a car struck a parked vehicle.

23-year-old Ryan Brouse is charged with Impaired Driving.

The same day, police officers saw another driver operating his vehicle in an erratic manner.

A 19-year-old man refused to provide a breath sample.

Ron Groulx is charged with Impaired Driving and Refusing to Provide a Breath Sample.

Lastly, yesterday a vehicle struck a cement median on Paris Street.

The driver is this case was found to be three times over the legal limit.

33-year-old Richard Burton is charged with Impaired Driving.