Children sunk their bare feet into a sandbox, walked on a motion wave maker, did some climbing, got aboard a scoop loader, drank lemonade and ate ice cream.

Kirsty Duncan, the federal minister of Science, talked to Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre, Nickel Belt MP Marc Serre, and Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas.

Everyone, it seemed, was present for the grand opening of the new science park at Dynamic Earth on Friday, including co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in physics, Arthur McDonald. Read more