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Manitoba company offering labour shortage solutionRunning Deer Resources has developed a training and apprenticeship program as part of a unique model designed to engage the Aboriginal workforce with industry. Graduates include (from left) Jonathon Linklater, an apprentice electrician; Lucien Ledoux, company liaison and apprentice welder; and Dwight Spence, an apprentice millwright. By: Lindsay KellyListen first.It's the core value at Running Deer Resources, a Manitoba-based mining construction and Aboriginal consultation company that is changing the way industry interacts with the Aboriginal workforce across Canada.For the last six years its president, Jamie Saulnier, has been working to e...
Lopes Mechanical explores global markets Workers with Lopes Mechanical complete some of the final welds on a component being manufactured for a company in Virginia. The construction of a new clean shop at Lopes' Coniston facility has made it possible for the company to expand into new markets. By: Lindsay KellyAs Felix Lopes Jr. looks to steer his family-run company into new, expanded markets, he's thinking on an Olympic-sized scale. And the recent completion of a major fabrication project has put him at the top of the podium.Lopes Mechanical Inc., based out of Coniston, just completed the fabricatio...
Kapuskasing's 30 solar projects nearly completeKapuskasing mayor Al Spacek is shepherding a green energy project with a Toronto photovoltaic module supplier that will see 30 solar projects established across the community. By: Patrick DemersFor Kapuskasing, 2012 looks to be the year of solar energy.In mid-December, Kapuskasing announced that Eclipsall Energy Corp., a Toronto-based company, will be providing photovoltaic modules for the municipality's 30 solar projects.Al Spacek, mayor of Kapuskasing, is also president of Kapuskas...
Sudbury lands Cliffs smelterSudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announces that Cliffs Natural Resources have selected Greater Sudbury as the site of the $1.8-billion ferrochrome smelter. By: Lindsay KellyThe suspense is over.Cliffs Natural Resources has announced it will build its $1.85-billion chromite processing facility, which will process chromite ore from its Ring of Fire project, near the town of Capreol, located north of Sudbury.The smelter, which is expected to produce between 1,250 and...
Moonbeam invests nearly $1 million in Remi LakeRemi Lake is the focus of a wave of tourism developmen in the Township of Moonbeam, east of Kapuskasing. By: Patrick DemersOver the past six years, the municipality of Moonbeam has been slowly expanding tourism development along its local lake with upgrades to campsites and services.This year will be no different.Nearly $1 million will be spent at Remi Lake to improve roadwork, add three boat launches, rebuild a lo...
GRK Fasteners expands Canadian distributionGRK Fastener's top-quality screws are making its first-ever appearance on the store shelves of Home Depot Canada thanks to a deal made by its parent company with the home renovation retail giant. By: Ian RossA family-owned Thunder Bay fastener company has landed a lucrative distribution contract with Home Depot Canada.GRK Fasteners President Uli Walther said the deal was made through its parent firm, ITW Canada, and product is shipping immediately.ITW, also known as Illinois Tool Works, is a diver...
Little Current welcoming development with new ventureTo combat a lack of serviced development property, the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands embarked on a multi-million dollar project to develop 35 residential and five light industrial lots in Little Current to increase the amount of serviced land available. By: Lindsay KellyWhen a number of breaks in Little Current's force main in the mid-2000s led to a series of boil water advisories, the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI) knew upgrades were needed. Now, those improvements have resulted in an economic development initiative that's injecting ne...
Exploration industry mobilizes on new regs, First Nation issuesGarry Clark, Ontario Prospectors Association. By: Ian RossDevelop the North, park the south.That was on a popular button making the rounds at the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay last month.The blue sky weather mirrored the optimism at the annual spring fraternity gathering of prospectors and junior explorers.But there ...



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