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Each of the four cities served by the CTV Northern Ontario system saw the launch of a locally owned television station in the 1950s: Sudbury's CKSO-TV was launched by the owners of the Sudbury Star in 1953, Sault Ste. Marie's CJIC-TV was launched by Hyland Broadcasting in 1955, North Bay's CKGN-TV was launched by Gerry Alger and Gerry Stanton in 1955, and Timmins's CFCL-TV was launched by J ...
Sudbury was once a major lumber center and a world leader in nickel mining. Mining and related industries dominated the economy for much of the 20th century. The two major mining companies which shaped the history of Sudbury were Inco, now Vale Limited, which employed more than 25% of the population by the 1970s, and Falconbridge, now Glencore ...
Sudbury in 1856. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24.6 square miles (64 km 2), of which 24.4 square miles (63 km 2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km 2), or 1.06%, is water.
The airport is now staffed 24 hours as a flight service station. In March 2012, after WestJet confirmed its plans to launch a regional airline, Gregg Saretsky said in an interview with The Globe and Mail that Sudbury was one of the cities where the company was considering expanding its service. [6] However, Sudbury was not chosen as a destination.
Sudbury's history dates back into the age of the Saxons. [4] The town's earliest mention is in circa 799, when Ælfhun, Bishop of Dunwich, died in the town. [5] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the town as Suðberie ("south-borough"), presumed to distinguish it from Norwich or Bury St Edmunds, to the north, [4] and c. 995 is recorded as Suðbyrig. [6]
February 25: The temperature peaked at 15.1 °C in Windsor, Ontario, the highest temperature recorded in the whole of Canada in the whole of February 2002. March 26: An early Spring storm brought snow to much of southern Ontario, and some freezing rain to the St. Catharines/Hamilton area.
On August 20, 1970, a destructive tornado would impact the Canadian city of Sudbury, Ontario, killing six people and injuring two hundred more in what became known as the Sudbury tornado. The tornado, which received a rating of F3 on the Fujita Scale , extensively damaged Sudbury and inflicted an estimated CA$17 million (1970 CAD) to the area.