Sudbury

Japanese mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu has acquired Joy Global for US$2.89 billion. Mikwaukee-based Joy Global has a location in Lively, a subdivision of Sudbury.

Hiawatha Osawamick grew up helping her mom, grandmother and auntie in the kitchen of the family business in Wikwemikong.

Mining magnate Rob McEwen and his wife, Cheryl, have donated $10 million to Sudbury’s architecture school. The gift means the school, an initiative of Laurentian University, will now be known as the McEwen School of Architecture .

Maureen Jensen, chair and CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), is the recipient of the 2016 Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award.

Fireweed blooms in areas damaged by a forest fire, the tall pink flowers bright against the destruction. Suzanne Bernier works like the fireweed: where disasters happen, she pops up.

Northern Ontario can look forward to a steady flow of film projects over the next three years thanks to a deal between Sudbury’s Hideaway Pictures and the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA).

Mark Cutifani, Suzanne Tessier will be celebrated at Laurentian University in Sudbury

Laughter erupts from Ruth Debicki of the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) when asked if her brush with space exploration royalty in the early 1970s stands out as a career highlight.

The federal and provincial governments are collectively investing $1.9 million into a program that boosts exports from Northern Ontario.

Craig Fowler sees the Sudbury community as an ecosystem, one in which Laurentian University can flourish symbiotically with industry and government.