Erik White

journalist

Erik White is a CBC journalist based in Sudbury. He covers a wide range of stories about northern Ontario. Send story ideas to erik.white@cbc.ca

Latest from Erik White

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.

West Nipissing hopes 'exciting' development heals 'scar' left behind by paper mill

Plans to redevelop the old paper mill site in Sturgeon Falls are slowly moving ahead, but the mayor says she isn't in hurry.

Northern Ontario man solves local legend, finds long-lost vintage liquor at bottom of a lake

After 35 years of searching, a man from the small northern Ontario town of Larder Lake has uncovered the truth about a local legend dating back to 1937.
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How these white boxes on the walls of high schools are 'combatting' vaping

Vaping detectors are being installed in high schools across Ontario this fall. They alert principals and teachers when a student is vaping inside the building. And a school in a small town in the northeast was one of the first to try them out.