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Tiny beetles are big business for Northern company

Tiny beetles are big business for Northern company

After 36 years as a biologist and stewardship co-ordinator for the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Bob Florean was all set for retirement last spring following his exit from the department. Then a tiny beetle changed all that.
Specialist high school course guiding students into trades

Specialist high school course guiding students into trades

Between the tour of the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station in Niagara Falls, the GPS tutorial at the Canadian Ecology Centre in Mattawa and the Skype conversation with David Suzuki, the students in the energy-focused Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)
Firm adding new twist to consulting services

Firm adding new twist to consulting services

The year 2011 is best described as one of change for Tara Levesque, Dennis Landry and Mike Large.
Employee buy-in program boosting morale at BESTECH

Employee buy-in program boosting morale at BESTECH

Sudbury -based engineering firm BESTECH is for sale—but not in the sense you may think.
Sudbury's downtown revitalization enters new chapter

Sudbury's downtown revitalization enters new chapter

It’s been 10 years since Susan Thompson and the Downtown Village Development Corp. (DVDC) embarked on an ambitious plan to revitalize Sudbury ’s downtown core with new business and resident activity.
Sudbury film studio to entice production crews north

Sudbury film studio to entice production crews north

Northern Ontario Film Studios won’t officially open until later this fall, but try telling that to the crew filming Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds there.
Making deep mining safer

Making deep mining safer

With the future of mining in Sudbury dependent on finding ways to extract ore from deeper underground, a local invention offers hope that it can, one day, be done safer, cheaper and more quickly.
Highway opening sparks memories of tragedy

Highway opening sparks memories of tragedy

On Aug. 7, 2002, Kelly Henderson and her twin 12-year-old sons, Jordin and Corbin Sauve, lost their lives on Highway 69. The family was returning home to Sudbury just after 7 p.m.
Architecture school fostering use of wood in construction

Architecture school fostering use of wood in construction

Construction of Sudbury ’s Laurentian School of Architecture is providing an opportunity to introduce a new material, cross-laminated timber (CLT), into Ontario building practices. On Aug.
Porter CEO receives honorary doctorate

Porter CEO receives honorary doctorate

When he graduated from McGill University in 1971, Robert Deluce had intentions of using his bachelor of science degree to become a medical doctor. But on June 6, more than four decades later, he became a doctor of a different kind.