Sudbury

A strategy to foster research and development in an effort to stimulate new private and public sector investment received a financial boost from the Greater Sudbury Development Corp. on July 9.

Officials in the City of Greater Sudbury have expressed opposition to a proposal that calls for electricity prices to be set based on where people live in the province.

Laurentian University's Denis Mayer has been appointed the president of the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) during the organization's annual conference in June.

The Ontario government has appointed City of Greater Sudbury tourism head Rob Skelly as chairperson of an interim steering committee charged with overseeing marketing efforts until a permanent organization is in place.

Inco superintendent Samantha Espley has been appointed as an external adviser to Laurentian University Mining Automation Laboratory (LUMAL) research and educational activities.

Morry Brown was appointed by Mayor Jim Gordon to the position of general manager of Net Central Community Communications Network.

With sagging ridership and diminishing operating funds, regular schedule direct air service connecting Elliot Lake and Manitoulin Island to Toronto will end Aug. 2.

The Elliot Lake area is another step closer to becoming a world-class all-terrain vehicle (ATV) destination for tourists thanks to an Ontario government investment of $105,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

An eight-kilometre stretch of Municipal Road 35, which eventually becomes Highway 144, will receive $10 million worth of upgrades, jointly funded by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and the City of Greater Sudbury. Northland Engineering Ltd.

The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is expressing concern over the timelines set out for four-laning Highway 69.