Sudbury

Training tool gets off the ground with $2 million from Vale Inco

Sudbury-based Novenco Consultants Ltd. has made a name for itself in the mining, construction industries

A government funded $20-million mining innovation centre that will be built at the University of Toronto has key players in Sudbury's mining industry fuming.

A government funded $20-million mining innovation centre that will be built at the University of Toronto has key players in Sudbury's mining industry fuming.

The city is already known as the education and health-care centre for the North, but on May 21 Sudbury became Northern Ontario's centre for project management when Canada's largest construction consulting company opened its doors.

After more than 20 years in business, Merdick McFarlane is looking to expand his truss-manufacturing business, and he acknowledges he needs financial help to do it.

Laurentian University’s Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, the Vale Inco Living With Lakes Centre has walked away with third place at the North American Holcim Awards, held in Montreal this fall.

The Awards will be presented to seven women - three from Northeastern Ontario and three from Northwestern Ontario. The categories are Private Sector, Public Sector and Young Entrepreneur.

As a small business owner it is hard to imagine how going to another event that is asking $50 for a ticket can help enhance the business’ future.

When asked if it’s ever appropriate to wear shorts to work in the summer, Tony D’Angelo sits speechless for a moment. "You’re not going to get my vote. I wouldn’t think so in an office. I don’t think so at all.