Sudbury

NORCAT , a Sudbury -based industry training and development centre, is partnering with the Industrial Education Cooperative (IEC) in Sarnia to develop a standards and an accreditation process to deliver training programning across Ontario.

Respect and due diligence required in relationships between Aboriginal communities and resource companies

Tailings from a former Sudbury gold mine have contaminated a lake in Sudbury's south end. The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) has announced a cleanup of the arsenic entering Long Lake from the abandoned Long Lake Gold Mine.

The Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC) and Cambrian College have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding which would see both institutions collaborate on health research and training.

Peter Hall, vice-president and chief economist at Export Development Canada (EDC), will speak to a Sudbury crowd this spring about the global economy and the impact it will have on Canadian businesses.

Sudbury lawyer Martin Bayer has been chosen to be the first chairman of the Northern Policy Institute (NPI). The appointment was made Feb. 20 at the group's inaugural meeting at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie. Dr.

Export Marketing Assistance Program helps mining suppliers take business to next level

Laurentian University is one of 11 universities to receive $4.4 million in funding for research into northern aquatic ecosystems. The funding, which comes from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), will be paired with $4.

Sudbury’s two colleges have received more than $300,000 in provincial funding to assist in providing students with pre-apprenticeship training.

Bill White, the former president of DuPont Canada , will be in Sudbury on Feb. 28 to speak to entrepreneurs about how to sell to big companies.