A stainless steel time capsule sealed nearly a quarter-century ago was opened at Tom Davies Square on April 11, 2026, offering a glimpse of Greater Sudbury as it was in 2001.
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2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule A 2001 time capsule's lid and some of its contents on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Suppled/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule A 2001 time capsule, its plaque, lid and contents on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Suppled/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule The contents of a 2001 time capsule on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Supplied/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule Former Greater Sudbury mayor Jim Gordon (left) and current mayor Paul Lefebvre remove a time capsule sealed on on Oct. 27, 2001, from a pillar outside city hall, also called Tom Davies Square, on April 11, 2026. (Supplied/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule Current Greater Sudbury mayor Paul Lefebvre (left) and former mayor Jim Gordon (right) hold up a land reclaimation program map from 2001 that was seal in a time capsule for almost 25 outside the mayor's office at Tom Davies Square, on April 11, 2026. (Supplied/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule The contents of a 2001 time capsule on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Dan Bertrand/CTV News Northern Ontario)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule The contents of a 2001 time capsule on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Dan Bertrand/CTV News Northern Ontario)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule The contents of a 2001 time capsule on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Dan Bertrand/CTV News Northern Ontario)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule Former Greater Sudbury mayor Jim Gordon (left) and current mayor Paul Lefebvre remove a time capsule sealed on on Oct. 27, 2001, from a pillar outside city hall, also called Tom Davies Square, on April 11, 2026. (Supplied/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule Current Greater Sudbury mayor Paul Lefebvre (left) and former mayor Jim Gordon (right) hold up a land reclaimation program map from 2001 that was seal in a time capsule for almost 25 outside the mayor's office at Tom Davies Square, on April 11, 2026. (Supplied/City of Greater Sudbury)
2001 Greater Sudbury Time Capsule A 2001 time capsule's lid and some of its contents on display at Tom Davies Square after been unearthed on April 11, 2026. (Suppled/City of Greater Sudbury)
