Around the North

Student Transportation of Canada (STC) of Barrie has announced the July 15 acquisition of Leuschen Bros., Ltd., a Sudbury school bus operator. The deal is contingent on certain conditions being met and the receiving of various consents and renewals.

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is launching a new project to improve agricultural innovation in the Algoma district.

Palmer Construction Group is receiving $785,000 in provincial funding to support the Sault Ste. Marie contractor's $2.5-million expansion of its aggregate products.

Exploration through the fiscal year ending April 30 was fruitful for Kirkland Lake Gold, where related work has resulted in resource and reserve gains in excess of 388,000 ounces.

The second quarter of 2010 saw $10.1 billion worth of investment across the nation's non-residential building construction, up 1.2 per cent over the previous quarter, according to Statistics Canada.

While construction of Northern College's new Centre of Excellence for Trades and Technology continues apace in Timmins, a $1 million shortfall remains in providing equipment for the facility.

Brigus Gold Corp., recently formed through the merger of Apollo Gold and Linear Gold, has announced it is raising $12 million through the private placement of flow-through shares.

Three new members have been elected to the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation's board of directors.

Broadband internet access is expanding across Northern Ontario.

EACOM Timber Corp. finalized its acquisition of four sawmills in Northern Ontario from Domtar, July 1. The Montreal company picked operating mills in Timmins, Nairn Centre, Gogama and two in Quebec for $80 million, plus elements of $46.