Sudbury

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

Ten Greater Sudbury entrepreneurs and businesses were recognized May 12 at the Bell Business Excellence Awards gala, hosted by the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce.

Province provides $1.2 million to Sudbury's Centre for Occupational Research in Safety and Health

Nicholas Schwabe kept a close eye on the road ahead, but his underground vehicle suddenly picked up speed on the rocky mine terrain, jolting him alarmingly forward in his seat before he hit one of the walls.

Coming up through the mining industry, a mentor once shared these words of wisdom with Jim Gallagher: “Hope is not a management tool.

Jannatec Technologies president Wayne Ablitt had been having difficulty attracting the best and brightest engineering minds to his Sudbury firm, and so he set his eye to the offices of some of the most iconic tech companies — think Google or Facebook — for inspiration.

A Sudbury-based green technology company is making inroads in the U.S. with the testing of their innovative solar devices in Arizona. Crystal Green Energy has been working on their Solar Optic Modules (SOMs) for five years now.

By all accounts, going green is the socially conscious thing to do, but now it may be the business savvy direction to take too. A new Sudbury program is seeking to help local businesses harness the practical benefits of becoming greener.

FedNor is supplying $200,000 to the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) to help high-tech businesses improve their productivity and competitiveness.

Stephen Hardcastle was getting ready to retire from his lengthy career as a scientist with Natural Resources Canada when an opportunity came along he couldn’t resist.