Sudbury

In 2002, Dan Cusack had only recently entered Sudbury’s family restaurant business when he found customers asking if he accepted “trade dollars.” When he replied with a puzzled “No,” diners walked out the door.

The Duhamels and Dewars, the founding families behind Sudbury’s Legend Boats, have been working together for nearly 50 years, and they show no sign of slowing down.

Sudbury’s mining service community hauled in more than just rock on Aug. 26. With an international mine rescue competition taking place in the city, the timing was right for the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund to spread around more than $3.

Sudbury’s mining service community hauled in more than just rock on Aug. 26. With an international mine rescue competition taking place in the city, the timing was right for the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund to spread around more than $3.

The Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) is hoping to instill an appreciation for mining in a new generation with a free family fun day for its members and their families.

The Northern Policy Institute will study the idea of a basic income guarantee (BIG) this fall during a conference in Sudbury. The conference will be held Oct. 5-6 at the Hellenic Centre in Sudbury’s south end.

A Sudbury developer has purchased the Sudbury water tower hinting at future development, while supporting research for a debilitating neurological disease in the process. On July 27, Dario Zulich, CEO of TESC Contracting Company Ltd.

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 .