Skip to content

Sudbury

Competing with companies and provinces for resources

By NICK STEWART As major companies like CVRD-Inco and Xstrata plc are able to offer stronger salaries and benefits than service and supply firms who require many of the same skilled workers, many of these smaller companies are being increasingly care

Colleges keeping pace with industry

By NICK STEWART Many Northern Ontario colleges are feeling increasing pressure from industry and government alike, who are looking more and more to them to produce greater numbers of graduates in the fields of skilled trades.

Designing groundbreaking copper refining technology

By NICK STEWART Having recently patented a new preparation system for copper refineries, the co-owner of a Sudbury engineering and manufacturing firm says the company has unlocked the next phase of technological progress for the industry.

Collège Boréal offers assistance with e-business

By Nick Stewart With the rise of e-business and the advent of the Internet as a go-to reference tool for newer generations of consumers, business-assistance programs such as Student Connections as offered through Sudbury’s Collège Boréal are becoming

Online tool opens new Sudbury business opportunities

By Nick Stewart The Greater Sudbury Development Corp. (GSDC) is working to create a ground-breaking and publicly accessible online tool as part of its Eco-Industrial Networking Strategy.

Bursting sectors force transport centre's expansion

By Nick Stewart The voracious appetite of the long-haul delivery trucking and heavy equipment operation industries for trained workers is forcing Sudbury-based Transport Training Centres of Canada to pursue the construction of a $1.

Business thriving in downtown Sudbury

By Nick Stewart A number of factors including a strong business environment, solid partnerships and an improved economy have helped to bring Greater Sudbury’s once-faltering downtown core to a state of renewal, according to an official with a downtow

Northern Ontario School of Medicine participates in First Nations research

By Nick Stewart Having been the subject of countless studies over the years, First Nation communities on Manitoulin Island are working with researchers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to develop a collaborative approach to health research.

Cambrian College to export local mining knowledge to Tanzania

By Nick Stewart A partnership nearly ten years in the making has been formally announced between Cambrian College and the educational authority of Tanzania in an effort to export much-needed Sudbury mining knowledge to the impoverished African countr

Rental market tightening even further in 2006

By Nick Stewart For the seventh year in a row, the vacancy rate for rental apartment structures with at least three units has fallen in the City of Greater Sudbury, according to a report from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CHMC).