Sudbury

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.

A Sudbury company has landed a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to build a combination drill and rotary multi-purpose tool that is essentially a space-age “Swiss Army Knife.

Miners looking for work in the Sudbury area are being warned about the potential for an online fraud scheme that’s set up to bilk prospective employees out of money.

The Durham Mess Hall looks out over Sudbury's downtown, the second story view perfect for scoping out other businesses and pedestrians passing by.

The minimum wage might not be meeting Ontarian's minimum requirements. Nicole Beaulieu sees a day in the near future when the $11.25 minimum wage becomes a thing of the past.