Around the North

A Terrace Bay construction supply business received $1 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund to expand its services and create four jobs.

New Ontario Police Police detachments are springing up across the province with construction underway in Kenora, Dryden, Kapuskasing, Timmins, the Almaguin Highlands and Smiths Falls.

Zellers stores in Sudbury, North Bay and Thunder Bay are slated to become Target locations as the U.S. retailer announced its initial selection of sites. Earlier this year, Target announced it will acquire more than 200 leasheholds from Zellers.

A Kirkland Lake mining contractor has received an award of excellence in safety from Workplace Safety North.

The Construction Sector Council (CSC) is predicting that big industrial and utility projects in Ontario will drive construction employment to “near record highs” in the next few years.

Four Northern Ontario companies are in the running to receive a provincial award for apprenticeship training.

The Northern Ontario Sustainable Communities Partnership (NOSCP) calls the passage of new provincial forestry legislation a “timid beginning” in moving toward community-based forestry.

The Ministry of Transportation expects they'll be fewer motorist run-ins with wildlife on Highway 69/400 once a wildlife crossing is completed this summer.

First Nickel will raise capital for its Sudbury-area exploration programs by completing a private placement offering of up to $2 million, with common shares issued on a flow-through basis at 18 cents a share.

Pele Mountain Resources has launched a 7,000-metre drill program at its Eco Ridge Rare Earths and Uranium Project in Elliot Lake.