Around the North

The City of Sault Ste. Marie is a finalist for a provincial conservation award that recognizes the promotion of energy conservation and sustainability.

Robert Deluce, president and CEO of Porter Airlines , has been named Canada's 2012 Marketer of the Year by the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA). In a CMA release, the award was presented at the CMA Awards Gala on Nov.

Northern Iron Corp. announced that dewatering operations are ongoing at its Griffith Mine iron ore pit in northwestern Ontario. Water is being pumped at an approximate rate of 53,000 litres per minute. In a Dec.

With an eye to preserving and protecting a next-generation workforce in Ontario's Far North, Queen's Park is delivering $375,000 to hire mental health and addictions workers for communities in the Ring of Fire.

Canadian mining companies should invest now to ensure they can meet future global demand for commodities even as they face a series of immediate challenges affecting the global mining sector, according to a report from Deloitte, Nov. 29.

Debut Diamonds reports that Theresa Okimaw-Hall has resigned from its board of directors. The company said it is a consequence of her recent employment as Ring of Fire manager for the MushkegowukTribal Council .

Boart Longyear has laid off 127 employees at its North Bay operation Wednesday, in addition to 48 laid off in October. About 100 people remain employed at its office and manufacturing facilities in the city.

Atlas Copco and Sandvik Mining , both based in Sudbury , have been recognized with the inaugural Northern Lights awards, which recognize outstanding achievements above the 60th parallel.

The Bharti School of Engineering at Laurentian University is seeking companies interested in providing co-op placement opportunities to second and third-year engineering students.

Technology adapted by a Sudbury firm that’s designed to enhance seniors’ safety is being studied over 12 weeks by Cambrian College nursing students. The goal is to reduce health-care costs and improve seniors’ lives and those of their caregivers.