A flurry of FedNor bucks rolled into northeastern Ontario this week. Eight organizations and projects landed a combined $4 million.
The Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation (CDC) hauled in $1.1 million for its development and small business growth activities. The Town of Kirkland Lake receives $74,000 for a forestry management plan and for a trails development study.
The Mushkegowuk Council received $500,000 to install broadband equipment and infrastructure for Internet service to the Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations. The same total was provided to the Materials Joining Innovation Centre (MaJIC), a not-for-profit corporation associated with Northern College's School of Welding Engineering Technology.
The Moose Cree First Nation grabbed $370,000 to build a centre on Moose Factory Island housing a youth enterprise incubator, office rental units and meeting space.
The City of Timmins received $307,394 for a regional marketing strategy and a feasibility study for an arts and heritage complex.
The Northeastern Ontario Network (NEON) Implementation project brought in $680,000 to share IT costs and electronic health record systems with hospitals in Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane.
Collège Boréal takes home $425,000 for architectural expenses related to its new Timmins campus.
About $2.1 million in combined funding headed up Highway 11, including $1.5 million for Hearst's Nord-Aski Regional Development Corporation to pursue value-added wood opportunities. The Town of Kapuskasing is receiving $370,000 to transform its Civic Centre auditorium into a multi-use meeting and training centre. Smooth Rock Falls community developers get $145,350 to study if a former Tembec site can be transformed
for biomass and waste transformation opportunities.
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