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CTV News
07-07-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Dozens of homes affected by watermain break in Copper Cliff
Crews in Greater Sudbury are on site Monday repairing a watermain break on Cobalt Street in Copper Cliff. (File) Crews in Greater Sudbury are on site Monday repairing a watermain break on Cobalt Street in Copper Cliff. 'This will affect approximately 80 residential homes including the Dow Street apartments,' the city said in a news release. 'Residents who notice discoloured water should run the cold water tap closest to the water meter for several minutes until water is clear of any sediment in the pipes.'
CTV News
10-06-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Statistics Canada bringing health survey to Sudbury
White trailers set up in front of the McClelland Arena are a temporary examination centre set up by StatsCan for the next six weeks. White trailers set up in front of the McClelland Arena are a temporary examination centre set up by StatsCan for the next six weeks. Residents in Copper Cliff may have noticed white trailers set up in front of the McClelland Arena. The trailers are a temporary examination centre set up by StatsCan for the next six weeks. Around 850 households in Sudbury have been randomly selected to participate in the Canadian Health Measures Survey. StatsCan survey Around 850 households in Sudbury have been randomly selected to participate in the Canadian Health Measures Survey. (Lyndsay Aelick/CTV News) The data from the survey is used by researchers to understand the relationship between disease risk factors and risk conditions such as obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and more. 'We're just looking to get a better idea of the overall health of Canadians,' said site manager Kelsey Wolfenden. Participants are anywhere between one and 79 years of age. 'We go through some questionnaires about the consumption of fish and shellfish, water habits,' Wolfenden said. Measurements, blood pressure 'We do body measurements, height, weight, and waist circumference. We also take a blood pressure measurement. And we do also collect blood and urine samples for analysis.' The survey is now in its eighth cycle and will continue until spring 2027. The goal is to have a total of 400 participants. In all, 16 locations across Canada have been selected to participate in the survey and officials want to remind everyone that StatsCan takes the privacy of Canadians very seriously. 'All of the information is confidential,' Wolfenden said. 'When the participants complete the survey, they are also provided the results … Some of the results are immediately available, and then everything else we will either send to them or is uploaded to a confidential portal where they can access the results.' Click here to learn more about the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
CTV News
05-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
CTV Your Morning learns about the Superstack and Copper Cliff
Northern Ontario Watch The hosts of CTV Your Morning learn more about northern Ontario after a viewer's video from Copper Cliff shows them the Nickel City's iconic Superstack, which is to be taken down this year.
CBC
16-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Dismantling of Sudbury's Superstack could start this summer, says Vale
If all goes to plan, mining giant Vale will start dismantling the iconic Superstack in the northern Ontario city of Sudbury this summer. Built in 1972, the 381-metre chimney located at the Copper Cliff smelter is the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. The Superstack was built to spread sulphur dioxide emissions, diluting them over a wide geographic area. But in 2018, after years in delays complying with new government environmental regulations, Vale completed its $1-billion Clean Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) project which reduced those emissions by 85 per cent. The company built two smaller stacks to replace Superstack, which was no longer needed. The Superstack has been inactive since 2020, and Vale has been working on plans to safely dismantle the structure since then. "In order to eliminate the risk of deterioration or anything else, we need to take it down," said Paul Guenette, the project lead for Vale's Superstack dismantling. Because the Superstack sits atop a working processing facility, and near homes in Sudbury's Copper Cliff neighbourhood, Guenette said an implosion was out of the question. The company looked at a lot of different ideas to take down the massive concrete structure. "I had my own where we kind of dug a hole underneath to make it sink," Guenette said. They landed on a plan to dismantle it from the top down. Crews have finished building two elevators on the outside of the stack to lift people and equipment up and down. "We'll be setting up a platform at the very top, which is what they're doing today for the next couple of weeks," Guenette said. "After that, probably later on this summer, we're going to see this proprietary piece of equipment that's going to be hoisted up from the inside. It's going to sit on the concrete at the very top, and it's gonna essentially cut pieces of the concrete and make it fall on the inside." Guenette said the work will be done without interrupting work at the smelter below. As the machine dismantles one level of the Superstack, crews will lower it until it eventually reaches the bottom, which could take five years. He said the machine will be operated remotely, although six workers will be at the top to clean up and make sure all debris falls inside the Superstack, where there's no risk of harm. While some people consider the Superstack to be an eyesore, it's also a recognizable part of Sudbury's skyline. Guenette said he has mixed feelings about dismantling the landmark.
