Last night, TVOntario broadcast a great episode of The Shield, a documentary series about the history of Canadian Shield community.The episode was about Sudbury and included some good information on local business history. Matt Bray, a retired professor of history at Laurentian University, was interviewed about the history of nickel mining.
For more about the episode, see here.
Perhaps one day Vale Inco will open its archive to researchers so we can learn more about the history of this important industry.
The Past Speaks 
Sadly, I was still in the air on a long-delayed flight from Houston to Toronto and so I missed this. I’ll hope that TVO rebroadcasts this or streams it.
I also concur that it would be lovely to have Vale open their archives to researchers. We’ve been waiting for a very long time!