Sudbury

Sudbury’s Forest Fire Management Centre is getting $25 million for renovations.

A world-leading company in the field of health technology will open an innovation centre in Greater Sudbury through a partnership with the Advance Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC), the new research institute at Health Sciences North (HSN)

Evans Lumber and Builders Supply Limited, a Sudbury wood and lumber store, was fined $85,000 for two violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was fatally injured.

Collège Boréal and Symboticware in Sudbury are participating in a new applied research project aimed at expanding and maximizing the functionality of the SymBot, Symboticware’s flagship product.

Using its experience in the mining sector, Sudbury is well positioned to build on its expertise and foster innovation for global success.

Pioneer Construction of Sudbury has been awarded an $8.3-million contract to rebuild a 24-kilometre section of Highway 527 in northwestern Ontario. Work begins this summer on the stretch beginning eight kilometres north of Highway 881.

Construction has begun on Sudbury ’s new $63.1-million biosolids management facility . The plant will process sludge resulting from sewage treatment.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Collège Boréal has released, since the beginning of this month, almost 10,000 young rainbow trout in the Greater Sudbury area.

Sudbury-based Vianet has finalized a deal to purchase Zing Networks , a wireless Internet service provider with more than 100 antenna sites, covering 7,500 square kilometres of south-central Ontario.

Science North and Music & Film inMotion in Sudbury have established a filmmaker mentorship program, through which film-industry professionals will mentor aspiring filmmakers from the North.