Sudbury,officially the City of Greater Sudbury,is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population,with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area,it is the largest in Ontario and the fifth largest in Canada. It is administratively a single-tier municipality and thus is not part of any district,county,or regional municipality. The City of Greater Sudbury is separate from,but entirely surrounded by the Sudbury District. The city is also referred to as "Ville du Grand Sudbury" among Francophones.
Vale Canada Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brazilian mining company Vale. Vale's nickel mining and metals division is headquartered in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It produces nickel,copper,cobalt,platinum,rhodium,ruthenium,iridium,gold,and silver. Prior to being purchased by CVRD in 2006,Inco was the world's second largest producer of nickel,and the third largest mining company outside South Africa and Russia of platinum group metals. It was also a charter member of the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average formed on October 1,1928.
CICI-TV is a television station in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada,part of the CTV Television Network. The station is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media,and has studios on Frood Road in Sudbury;its transmitter is located near Huron Street.
Walden was a town in the Canadian province of Ontario,which existed from 1973 to 2000. Created as part of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury when regional government was introduced,the town was dissolved when the city of Greater Sudbury was incorporated on January 1,2001. The name Walden continues to be informally used to designate the area.
Rick Bartolucci is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2014. He represented the riding of Sudbury and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
Diane Marleau,was a Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Sudbury in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2008,and was a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien. Marleau was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited was a Canadian mining company with operations in 18 countries,involved in the exploration,mining,processing,and marketing of metal and mineral products,including nickel,copper,cobalt,and platinum. In 1982 the company was renamed Falconbridge Limited. It was listed on the TSX and NYSE (FAL),and had revenue of US$6.9 billion in 2005. In August 2006,it was absorbed by Swiss-based mining company Xstrata,which had formerly been a major shareholder. On 28 October 2007,Falconbridge Limited changed its name to the Xstrata Canada Corporation.
The Inco Superstack in Sudbury,Ontario,with a height of 381 metres (1,250 ft),is the tallest chimney in Canada and the Western Hemisphere,and the second-tallest freestanding chimney in the world after the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station in Kazakhstan. It is also the second-tallest freestanding structure of any type in Canada,behind the CN Tower but ahead of First Canadian Place. As of 2023,it is the 51st-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The Superstack is located on top of the largest nickel smelting operation in the world at Vale's Copper Cliff processing facility in the city of Greater Sudbury.
Elie Walter Martel is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987,as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He represented the Sudbury East electoral district from its inception in 1967 until he retired in 1987. During the late 1970s and into the 1980s,he was the Ontario NDP's house leader. He was on the party's labour left-wing and had conflicts with party leadership,including future premier Bob Rae. After he retired from politics,he served on the Ontario government's Environmental Assessment Board as one of its vice chairs. His daughter Shelley Martel took over his Sudbury East seat and continued to serve the people of Sudbury when it became the Nickel Belt electoral district at the end of the 20th century. Between her and her father,the Martels represented Sudbury at Queen's Park for 40 years. Prior to his political career,Martel was a teacher and principal in the Catholic school system in the Sudbury area.
Judith Erola,née Jacobson,is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1984. She was a member of the Liberal Party.
John R. Rodriguez was a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Greater Sudbury,Ontario from 2006 to 2010 and previously represented the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1980 and from 1984 to 1993 as a member of the New Democratic Party.
The Big Nickel is a nine-metre replica of a 1951 Canadian nickel,located at the grounds of the Dynamic Earth science museum in Greater Sudbury,Ontario,Canada,and is the world's largest depiction of a coin. The twelve-sided nickel is located on a small hill overlooking the intersection of Municipal Road 55 and Big Nickel Drive at the westernmost end of the Gatchell neighbourhood.
The heat wave of 2006 derecho series were a set of derechos —severe winds with powerful thunderstorms —that occurred on July 17–21,2006. The first storms hit a wide swath of north-central and northeastern North America that stretched from the Upper Midwest through much of Ontario and into the northeastern United States. Another round struck the middle Mississippi River Valley,including two derechos that hit St. Louis,Missouri. The storms left more than three million people without power,some more than once and some for weeks.
The Inco strike of 1978 was a strike by workers at Inco's operations in Sudbury,Ontario,which lasted from 15 September 1978 until 7 June 1979. It was the longest strike in Inco or Sudbury history until the strike of 2009–10,and at the time broke the record for the longest strike in Canada. It has been noted as one of the most important labour disputes in Canadian history.
Maurice Lamoureux was politician in Sudbury,Ontario,Canada. He was an alderman for several years,and served as mayor of Sudbury from 1981 to 1982.
Michael Solski was a Canadian union leader,politician,and author in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was president of the International Union of Mine,Mill,and Smelter Workers Local 598 from 1952 to 1959,at a time when it was the largest single local in Canada. He later served as the mayor of Coniston (1962–1972) and of Nickel Centre (1973–1978). At the end of his career,he was the target of a failed assassination attempt.
The economy of Greater Sudbury,Ontario was dominated by the mining industry for much of the city's history. In recent decades,however,the city has diversified to establish itself as an emerging centre in a variety of industries,including finance,business,tourism,health care,education,government,film and television production,and science and technology research. Many of these industries reflect the city's position as a regional service centre for Northeastern Ontario.
The December 2013 North American storm complex was a significant storm complex that included many different types of severe weather,including a winter storm,a severe ice storm and a tornado outbreak that impacted the central and eastern portions of Canada,parts of the Central Great Plains,the Southern United States,and the northeastern United States from 20 to 23 December 2013. Formed in the South Central United States,the storm headed across the Great Plains towards Canada into Atlantic Canada and northeastern United States where the storm dissipated on 23 December 2013. The storm produced freezing rain and snow to the affected areas which caused massive damage to electric power transmission and trees. The storm resulted in 29 deaths,loss of power to over a million residents and over $200 million in damages. The storm produced similar conditions to the ice storm of 1998 which affected similar areas.
A destructive,two-day tornado outbreak affected the Great Lakes region of the United States and the National Capital Region of Canada in late-September. A total of 37 tornadoes were confirmed,including a violent long-tracked high-end EF3 tornado that moved along a 80 km (50 mi) path from near Dunrobin,Ontario to Gatineau,Quebec,and an EF2 tornado in the Nepean sector of Ottawa. The tornadoes in Ottawa-Gatineau were declared one of the ten most significant weather events of 2018 in Canada by the Meteorological Service of Canada.
The May 2022 Canadian derecho was a high-impact derecho event that affected the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor,Canada's most densely populated region,on May 21,2022. Described by meteorologists as a historic derecho and one of the most impactful thunderstorms in Canadian history,winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph) as well as around four tornadoes caused widespread and extensive damage along a path that extended for 1,000 kilometres (620 mi).
