Health & Safety

It is hard to explain why Janet didn’t show up for work in the morning. It is hard for an employer to understand that it isn’t laziness or a lack of interest in her job, but depression that has a hold on her.

Hoping to shine a light on the evolution of safety equipment in the mining industry, Sudbury’s Jannatec Radio Technologies will soon unveil the world’s first focusable LED mining cap lamp.

It doesn’t surprise Rod Kelly that modern society has people turning in droves to spiritual teachings to find a deeper meaning to life. After all, stress is built into everyone’s daily work, home and over-scheduled personal lives.

A pair of city-driven capital projects worth at least $140 million are beginning to crystallize on Sudbury’s horizon, with the proposed performing arts centre and multi-use recreational complex moving closer to reality.

Commodity prices have pushed the mineral market to a $10.7 billion high and still there is opportunity for industry growth, says Ontario Mining Association president Chris Hodgson.

Olympian. Molecular scientist. Internationally-recognized businessman. If life were a comic book, Bob Thayer would be one radioactive incident away from becoming a superhero.

With promises of a new hotel and lumber mill on the horizon, Smooth Rock Falls officials are diversifying further with a new focus the green energy development.

By IAN ROSS A Sault Ste. Marie forest management company is finally going to market with an environmentally-friendly injectable insecticide to save ash trees in southwestern Ontario.

Genesis Genomics is one of the cornerstones of Thunder Bay’s fast-growing bio-medical and biotechnology sector.

Submersible Consulting and Engineering (SUBCOE), an original equipment Sudbury-based company with offices in Edmonton and Bulgaria, has been known for manufacturing switchgear and process automation systems for electric submersible pumps, but they al