Erik White

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Erik White is a CBC journalist based in Sudbury. He covers a wide range of stories about northern Ontario. Send story ideas to [email protected]

Latest from Erik White

2 elections in 2025 could be tricky for party organizers in northeastern Ontario

This could be a double election year for voters in northeastern Ontario, with a federal vote set for sometime in 2025 and wide speculation that a provincial election will be called about a year ahead of schedule. 
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'You're completely lost': Iroquois Falls woman marks 2 sad 10-year anniversaries

Ten years ago, Lynn Festarini-Jones was facing a new year without her hometown's main employer and without her son Scottie, who died of drug overdose four days after the mill closed.
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'It's ready for the next 100 years': northern Ontario town pins hopes on redevelopment of old paper mill

It has been 10 years since the shut down of the paper mill that Iroquois Falls was built around. And now many think the future of the northern Ontario town of 4,500 lies in redeveloping that old mill into something else. 

Elliot Lake gets $3M donation for arena repairs, but rink won't re-open until next year

The City of Elliot Lake has announced the huge donation for the Centennial Arena restoration project, saying it comes from Edward and Suzanne Rogers.

Questions mount about future of immigration programs for northern Ontario

There's a lot of uncertainty in northern Ontario for newcomers hoping to stay here and businesses that rely on international workers, as the federal government has yet to unveil details of its new regional immigration program.
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'Paradigm shift' for northern Ontario legion that's now also a home for veterans

This will be the first Remembrance Day celebrated at the new Royal Canadian Legion in Sault Ste. Marie. Branch 25 recently opened a new complex in the northern Ontario city, complete with a 108-unit apartment tower.

Native American voters in northern Michigan hope to keep up 'political momentum'

No matter who ends up as U.S. president, Native American voters in northern Michigan feel they have momentum to have their voices heard on a national stage over the next four years.

Tight presidential race in northern Michigan being 'fought to the last day'

It's U.S. election day and the small border town of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan could play a big part in deciding who the next president is.

Sault Ste. Marie YMCA has 'breathing room' now after being at the brink of closure

Just a few months after the Sault Ste. Marie YMCA was set to close its doors forever, it now has 400 new members and is planning major renovations to its aging building.

'It's just a completely different landscape': how divisive U.S. politics are changing life in one border town

The tumultuous political climate in the U.S. are some making Canadians in the border town of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. see their neighbours differently.