Sudbury

When Sherri Tomchick worked at Health Sciences North as a nurse on the surgical floor, she learned first-hand the importance of effective scheduling.

FedNor funding of $2 million was announced for a number of Sudbury projects on March 20, with half of that funding being used to help construct a new, $7-million hangar at the Sudbury Airport .

The research arm of Health Sciences North in Sudbury is one step closer to expanding its facility thanks to a $5-million investment FedNor Minister Greg Rickford announced on March 20.

The sale of city-owned properties could help add more than $1 million to city coffers, says Ward 11 Coun. Lynne Reynolds. “The city owns hundreds of properties, many of which were inherited through amalgamation,” Reynolds said.

Sudbury’s Stack Brewing is hosting the Northern Ontario Microbrew Festival at the Grand Nightclub, Feb. 21. The full-day day event will showcase craft beer from Outspoken Brewing from Sault Ste.

Amongst the crisp veggies, homemade sauces and fresh-cut meat, there’s another commodity doing brisk trade at Eat Local Sudbury: pride in, and demand for, locally produced food.

Employers generally acknowledge the benefit of continual improvement, training and education for their workers, but Miranda Rocca-Cirelli believes if it’s not done effectively, they may not be getting the full benefit of the training.

A mosquito trap developed by a Laurentian University researcher will find its way to Home Hardware stores across Canada by the new year.

Work is progressing on a 60,000-square-foot mall being built on The Kingsway in Sudbury, where motorists along the busy roadway have seen the rock wall gradually blasted and broken up over the last few months.

By December 2016 Laurentian University expects to complete an ambitious campus modernization project that will change the way students and faculty interact with each other and the spaces around them.