Around the North

The Two Feathers Forest Products project in northwestern Ontario has received $3.6 million in training dollars from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Olav Haavaldsrud Timber Company was a big winner in the province's wood supply competition. The Hornepayne sawmill was awarded 220,000 cubic metres per year of wood fibre.

Exports of Ontario power netted the province $31.3 million in May by trading electricity with the U.S. and other provinces. In a June 9 release, the Ministry of Energy says Ontario has collected $136 million this year in total net export revenues.

The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) has tapped a provincial geoscientist to grow the city's mining supply sector. John Mason was named the CEDC's first project manager of mining services.

A second round of drilling at the Long Lake Gold project near Sudbury will begin on or before July 4, announced Sunrise Resources.

A new manufacturing facility has set up shop in Sturgeon Falls and will create up to 80 new jobs. Jennmar, North America's largest manufacturer of mining construction products, received a loan of $1.

Paul Comacchio of SNAP Sudbury and Ene Querney of Bestech have been elected to the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce board of directors, following elections earlier this week.

The nickel deposit at the Shakespeare deposit in Elliot Lake has been expanded once again. Ursa Major Minerals announced that recent drilling over a 10-hole, 6,055-metre program has extended the mineralization at the Shakespeare east deposit to 1.

Domtar workers with the Communications, Paper and Energy Union of Canada in Espanola will set a strike vote next week over issues surrounding wages, pensions and benefits. Talks between the company and the Wm. H.

For the fiscal year that ended March 31, Essar Steel Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie reported a net loss of $285.9 million. The loss was primarily attributable to higher raw material pricing, the most significant being iron ore pellets.