Sudbury

Don Duval stood tall and proud when he introduced the first of four start-up companies to a Sudbury crowd of potential angel investors and community leaders.

Visitors to Science North in Sudbury can now see what the polar bears in Cochrane are up to while their counterparts at the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat can simultaneously interact with scientists and bluecoats at the science centre.

Mining software makers, NCS Technology of Sudbury , have renamed themselves Centric Mining Systems. They had hired Toronto-based consultants, TAXI, to overhaul everything from the website to the company name.

The Northern Policy Institute (NPI) has appointed six members to its first advisory council.

A Sudbury mining supply and services company, B&D Manufacturing, celebrated one million hours of no lost time injuries this week.

Canada is on the verge of experiencing increased economic growth, and Sudbury 's mining sector could benefit, according to Peter Hall, chief economist with Export Development Canada.

Stantec has been named one of Canada’s Greenest Employers by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers.

Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci may be retiring from provincial politics but the funding largesse keeps flowing in.

Sudbury’s Stack Brewing has been acknowledged with a gold-medal standing at the 2014 Ontario Brewing Awards. The brewery, which launched in the spring of 2013, earned gold for its Biere de Garde, Les Portes de l’Enfer.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle arrived in Sudbury , March 27, passing out more than $3.8-million worth of cheques to local mining suppliers and manufacturers.