Sudbury

By Ian Ross It is about balancing the yin with the yang, and clearing away those blockages that impede good ch’i. Because if you don’t have good ch’i in the workplace...well, you will have problems.

The City of Greater Sudbury is forging ahead with the next phase of its wind farm project by partnering with Northland Power Inc. and REPower Wind Corp.

In an effort to revitalize northern tourism, the Ontario government has appointed City of Greater Sudbury tourism head Rob Skelly as chairperson of an interim steering committee, charged with overseeing marketing efforts until a permanent organizatio

Laurentian University will receive $1,527,803 in research and equipment grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) during the next academic year.

Housing starts in the City of Greater Sudbury continued their brisk pace in June bringing the first half of 2002 to a successful conclusion, according to preliminary figures released on July 9 by Canada Mortage and Housing Corp.

Home building starts in Sudbury have jumped almost 50 per cent in the first six months of this year compared to 2001. After languishing in the doldrums for years, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Sudbury’s jobless rate fell for the third month in a row. Statistics Canada reported a drop in June to 9.2 per cent compared to 10 per cent in May. Oshawa and Sudbury were the only cities reporting a decline in the unemployment rate.

A proposal to commission a strategy for growing the health-research industry in Northern Ontario is rapidly picking up steam, says Jim Gordon, mayor of the City of Greater Sudbury. Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

A strategy to foster research and development in an effort to stimulate new private and public sector investment received a financial boost from the Greater Sudbury Development Corp. on July 9.

Officials in the City of Greater Sudbury have expressed opposition to a proposal that calls for electricity prices to be set based on where people live in the province.