Around the North

Sault Ste. Marie is developing a community alternative energy strategy which will encourage the development of smaller businesses seeking to advance technologies and commercial activities in the alternative energy sector.

Adam Vallee and David Kochanowski, emergency response officers with Essar Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie, have qualified for a national fitness championship.

Three Sudbury companies developing cutting-edge technologies have received grants from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC).

Four Sudbury entrepreneurs have received funding through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) to help them start up new businesses.

Sudbury-based R.V. Anderson Associates Ltd. has won the Public Works Project of the Year Award in the environment category for its work on the sewage rock tunnel project in the city's south end.

North Bay didn't land aircraft manufacturer Dornier Seaplane for Jack Garland Airport last year, but the province has delivered $2 million to grow its aerospace and business industrial park.

Rubicon Minerals reports it has received a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at its Phoenix Gold Project in Red Lake.

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is weighing in on funding cuts to the provincial Forest Roads program.

Ministry of Labour safety inspectors are fanning out across Ontario on a month-long safety inspection blitz of pits and quarries.

A Cambrian College graduate of the civil engineering technician program has received a prestigious technology award.