Meantime local Steelworkers shut down part of Haig Street to greet Federal Liberals last night…

Inside the Caruso Club a Liberal Fundraiser worth 550 dollars a plate, outside desperate miners trying to make their cause public.

This after Steelworkers met with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff earlier in the day.

Local President John Fera says he seemed receptive and hopes he’ll keep his word to make the situation public.

Meantime he tells Q92 they’ve been taking to the government as to what happens next if Vale Inco resumes production

“There’s a process that has to happen, they can’t do it in the dark, but we just have to make sure that all these rules are followed….we’re making this public,” says Fera.

The strike has now entered it’s eighth week

Sudbury’s M-P-P  Rick Bartolucci says he’d like a PET scanner in the North-East but the Hospital has to ask.

Meeting with stake holders and physicians yesterday, Bartolucci along with Soo M-P-P David Orazietti had meetings about the Underserviced Area Program.

It’s one of several consultations around Ontario to update a program that he says hasn’t been changed in 40 years.

Whether or not that includes a PET scan, Bartolucci tells Q92 any scans in Ontario have been paid for by the Hospital not the province.

“The Minister of Health already knows that I would want my  community to have a PET scan, but I have to wait in all honesty until the Hospital decides that they want one,” says Bartolucci.

Meantime he says changes to the program will not affect Northern cities statuses like Sudbury, in receiving funding.

It’s Day One of their Federal Caucus in Sudbury and so far the Liberals’ Leader Michael Ignatieff isn’t holding much back

Ignatieff says he’s not budging when it comes to telling reporters when he’ll pull the plug on the Conservative Government’s “life support,”

“It’s not a personal decision, and it’s a decision that the party will take as a party. We’re more united than ever and we’ll make this decision….I keep using the word serenely but it will be a serene decision.” Ignatieff told reporters.

Liberals have set aside three days of meetings to discuss party policy and issues here at Regent Street’s Holiday Inn.

He told reporters the problems plaguing the host city have not been far from his mind speaking to striking Steelworkers at Vale Inco this morning.

“We don’t want to politicize the issue but we’re concerned about Sudbury and concerned about the community!” he says.

Meantime he’s urging the Brazilian giant to get back at the table.

He’s also urging for transparency from the Conservative Government and says Vale Inco made promises to Sudbury and Canadians and it’s time Minister Clement told us what they were.

Michael Ignatieff says the Harper government is on `life support’ – but he won’t say when he’ll try to pull the plug.

The Liberal leader says that decision will be made after discussions with MPs and senators at this week’s caucus meeting being held here in Sudbury.

The caucus is to discuss priorities and strategy, including when they should attempt to bring down the minority Conservatives.

The Canadian women’s hockey team will get a sense of where it stands heading into the Olympics with the start of the four-country Canada Cup in Vancouver.

Team Canada includes Sudbury natives Tessa Bonhomme and Rebecca Johnston.

Canada opens against Sweden tonight while the arch-rival Americans take on Finland.

More tools to help local police do their job better.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service received 77-thousand dollars for two projects…including a handheld infrared scanner to help find missing people and uncover grown ops.

Police Chief Frank Elsner says the second project….Cop Logic…an on-line crime reporting system will free up time allowing more officers to be on the streets.

Ontario’s Attorney General Chris Bentley made the announcement today and says the money comes thanks to the Civil Remedies Act which takes the tools and profits away from the criminals and gives it back to police and victims of crime.

Search efforts, have located the body of a missing canoeist, North of Capreol.

Sudbury Police had assistance from the OPP Search and Recovery Unit and two aircraft from CFB Trenton while looking for the 21-year-old Sudbury man on Parkin Lake this morning.

The man had been canoeing late last night when his vessel tipped and he fell in around midnight.

Once the fog lifted this morning the crew in the helicopter spotted the body.

Police are still notifying family and have not released the victim’s name.

Tomorrow is the first day of classes as thousands of students return to school.

That means we all need some reminders about safety.

Greater Sudbury Police crime prevention officer Denise Fraser says motorists really need to be aware of what’s going on around them.

If you’re used to driving at a certain speed limit reduce it by at least ten kilometres and watch out for those children.

Fraser also reminds motorists to be on the look-out for school buses and crossing guards.

Fines for not stopping for a school bus can be as much as 2-thousand dollars and six demerit points.

Nine local students are wrapping up their entrepreneurial work after getting thousands of dollars from the province.

The youth were part of Summer Company 2009, providing practical hands-on training and mentoring to start up and operate a business.

Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci handed the students the final portion of the grant today.

He says the students have proven they are leaders and have the necessary skills and desire to be successful.

One 15-year old student was so successful that her web design business will continue on even after the program ends.

A 21-year-old Sudbury man is missing after his canoe tipped on a remote lake, late last night.

According to Sudbury Police, the man had been camping along Parkin Lake, north of Capreol, when he went out in the vessel just before midnight and then it capsized.

Sudbury Police were called just after midnight.

The OPP Dive Team and two aircraft from CFB Trenton are scanning the area in search of the missing man.

Few other details are known at this time.