Around the North

Ontario's Crown wood supply competition is drawing to a close with last-minute announcements still coming. A Chapleau sawmill, Niska North, will receive 97,800 cubic metres per year of white birch, poplar, red and white pine, and other conifer.

St. Patrick Elementary School in Sault Ste. Marie will undergo a major expansion this summer, after an announcement of $14.6 million in funding for the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board.

A study commissioned by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) predicts Ontario will see more than 80,000 person years of employment and more than $16 billion in investment over the next eight years as a result of the burgeoning wind energy in

A group of dissenters seeking to gain control of Ursa Major Minerals was rebuffed June 23 after shareholders voted against introducing a new board of directors to the table.

Palmer Construction Group Inc. of Sault Ste. Marie has made a $25,000 donation to Algoma University's Essential Elements campaign.

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has received a $1.1-million endowment from the provincial government to track student and graduate feedback over a five-year period.

DST Consulting Engineers of Thunder Bay have won a second consecutive provincial award of excellence.

Northern Credit Union will celebrate the opening of a new branch in Thunder Bay with two days of festivities.

Thunder Bay's Premier Gold has bought out its exploration partner at its Hardrock gold project in northwestern Ontario.

The Superior North Community Futures Development Corporation landed $75,000 from FedNor to continue to support small business along the north shore of Lake Superior.