Len Gillis
SudburyStar
Canada
Contact Len
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Len:
Videos released as opioid-related incidents in Sudbury jump sharply
Crime Stoppers launches phase two of Youth Opioid Awareness Campaign → Read More
Sudbury's hospital does not require vaccination passport
Article content Unlike new measures brought in for several hospitals in Ontario in recent days, there is currently no requirement for visitors to Health Sciences North in Sudbury to have a COVID-19 vaccination passport. This follows reports from several cities across the province where local hospitals are now requesting proof of being fully vaccinated. One high-profile example is the University… → Read More
Sudbury's health unit working on third COVID-19 vaccine dose
Staff will consult with primary health providers to determine who should get a third shot → Read More
Opioid death rate in the North almost twice that of the South
Timmins CMHA has an increase in both number of addictions and complexity of those addictions → Read More
West Nile Virus-carrying mosquitoes still a concern
By Len Gillis, Local Journalism Initiative We are only halfway through mosquito season, but mosquitoes have already been discovered in Ontario that tested positive for West Nile Virus. Authorities urged caution Friday after mosquitoes in the area of Markham tested positive. In a statement, the York Region Health Connection said a mosquito trap near […] → Read More
Looking for clues in Sudbury’s sewage
By Len Gillis Two Sudbury scientists have been awarded a federal grant to study wastewater in Greater Sudbury to determine the level of COVID-19 virus within the general population. → Read More
Anti-maskers in Sudbury use Facebook to argue cause
‘This group is for people to come together on the current CV pandemic to stand up for our freedoms before they get stripped away one by one’ → Read More
Northern Ontario health unit calls for universal basic income
One in seven households in this district is food insecure → Read More
Drug strategy hasn't worked: Sudbury police officer
Police chiefs call for the decriminalization of personal possession of illicit drugs → Read More
Optometry facing a 'crisis' in North, association warns
With costs increasing, 'there are going to be practices that most definitely will fail' → Read More
Pregnant Timmins firefighter objected to being told to go on sick leave
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is being asked to determine whether a pregnant woman can continue to work as a professional firefighter or whether she was being discriminated against by being asked to go on sick leave. → Read More
Female firefighter in Timmins alleges discrimination, sexual harassment
The first full-time professional female firefighter in Timmins has launched an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal complaint against the City of Timmins and the Timmins Fire Department. → Read More
Museum to be renamed in councillor’s honour
After more than 35 years at the Timmins City Council table, his colleagues decided to do something special for Mike Doody. → Read More
Good Food Box gets boost
The success of the Good Food Box program in Timmins was kicked up a notch Thursday when Anti-Hunger Coalition Timmins revealed it has received a significant contribution from the United Way Northeastern Ontario. → Read More
Chapleau home to Canada's first all-electric underground mine
CHAPLEAU – With Goldcorp betting hundreds of millions of dollars on the future of its new Borden Lake gold mine project near Chapleau, the federal government has chipped in with $5 million to show its faith in the project and others like it. → Read More
A growing challenge for Sudbury, Northern Ontario
New report reveals that as young people leave, Baby Boomers (born 1945 to 1965) are staying put and Northern Ontario is becoming ‘disproportionately older’ → Read More
Kingston residents accused of supplying opioids to northern communities
Three persons suspected of supplying opiate drugs to James Bay First Nations communities have been arrested and charged with several offences said Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Wednesday … → Read More
Gogama gold project will be good for Sudbury, northeast: IAMGOLD
The new IAMGOLD Coté Lake gold mine project is going to be bigger than most people expect according to the company president and CEO Stephen J.J. Letwin. → Read More
PM Trudeau pleases crowd at rally in Timmins
Trudeau said opposition parties are trying to create division, intolerance and fear in Canada. → Read More
Requirements irk Northern bear outfitter
OPASATIKA - A Northern Ontario bear hunt outfitter is upset the Ontario government wants him to file all his paperwork online even though he lives in a rural area where his outpost camp has no internet service. → Read More