Northern LIfe - Feb 5, 2009
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NORTHERN LIFE
February 5, 2009 • 75¢
Hoops and wheels
Rolling Thunder lights up the court
Sports Life/15
Out to sea
Cruises a popular
vacation choice
Going Places/18
Music Man
Guitarist celebrates
50 years on stage
Lifestyle/11
Big...
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NORTHERN LIFE
February 5, 2009 • 75¢
Hoops and wheels
Rolling Thunder lights up the court
Sports Life/15
Out to sea
Cruises a popular
vacation choice
Going Places/18
Music Man
Guitarist celebrates
50 years on stage
Lifestyle/11
Big ideas
don’t die easy
BY BILL BRADLEY
BBRADLEY@NORTHERNLIFE.
CA
The proposed $50-million multi-use
recreational complex (MURC) is not
dead, said enthusiasts and Mayor John
Rodriguez this week.
Paul Thususka, a local businessman
and chair of a citizens group supporting
the MURC project, said there will now
be a grassroots campaign to get the community behind the project.
“I think there was a lot of confusion about actual costs and where the
site was to be located.
We are willing
to clarify these misunderstandings.
We
are now prepared to go the community
for their support,” he said.
His group is
called MURC on the Rock.
This week, Thususka and members
of a private citizen group will be meeting with the mayor to discuss their
strategy.
On Friday the group will hold
a media conference at 2 p.
m.
at their preferred site — the corner of Frood Road
and Lasalle extension.
This is the “rock”
referred to in the group’s name.
There
will be a 300-metre hike up the hill to
the press conference.
The site — owned
by the city — is large enough to accommodate the sports complex and would
allow for other business opportunities,
such as a hotel.
Panel chair Darren Stinson said this
was the preferred site for the facility by
the community and supported by many
city councillors because it is situated in
the middle of the city.
In late October, by a narrow seven
to six vote, city council defeated the
proposal to include the MURC and the
performing arts centre (PAC) as part of
the 2009 budget process.
Mayor Rodriguez expressed his
disappointment at the time.
He said
for every dollar the projects cost, the
city would only have to put up 27 cents.
Senior levels of government, with some
private sector support, would make up
the rest.
The mayor admitted later the recent
worsening economic times had soured
the prospects of getting significant private sector support at this time.
But there was another problem.
Ward 11 Coun.
Janet Gasparini said
the community had not been supportive.
“We don’t have the community
behind us,” she said at the council meeting.
Meetings were only held at Tom
Davies Square for both legacy projects
— the MURC and PAC.
No meetings
were held to garner community supSports complex not dead: Mayor
See SPORTS, Page 2
MARG SEREGELYI
The Greater Sudbury Fire Department is conducting
an internal investigation after firefighters put out a vehicle fire and left without noticing there was a corpse in the
vehicle, on Feb.
1 in Minnow Lake.
Firefighters were called to North Shore Drive at 11:55
p.
m.
, and put out the fire in about 20 minutes.
It was later
discovered the body of Robert Leore, 63, was in the car.
The cause of death has been determined to be smoke
inhalation.
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office has also
begun a joint investigation with the Greater Sudbury
Police Service.
The vehicle will undergo forensic examination.
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
No
foul play is suspected at this time.
Fire Chief Marc Leduc would not confirm who noticed
there was a body in the vehicle after firefighters left.
“We are currently reviewing all of our policies and procedures as they relate to responding to car fires,” he said.
“We will investigate this fully in co-operation with the
Greater Sudbury Police, and once the investigation is complete, further details will be released at that time.
”
Firefighters
overlook corpse
Worldly
celebration
Members of the Laurentian
Karate Club performed
some moves for a crowd of
Laurentian University students during International
Week, which was held Feb.
2-6 at the university.
The
week was filled with international food, workshops,
exhibits and entertainment,
including dance performances from the India Canada
Association.
See the video at
www.
northernlife.
ca/video
See the video at www.
northernlife.
ca/video
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