Around the North

The Ontario government has signed an accord with the Republic of India's Ministry of Mines to promote opportunities for mineral development and investment.

The second president and CEO in the young history of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is coming from New Brunswick. Andre Robichaud takes over the top job of the Thunder Bay hospital on Oct. 1.

KWG Resources expects to be paid "fair value" for its shares in Spider Resources after its takeover by Cliffs Natural Resources.

A coalition of forestry players are asking the Ontario government to stop land tenure reform until the province's own competitive wood supply competition is complete.

United Steelworkers District 6 director Wayne Fraser said he hopes a strike at Vale's Voisey's Bay mine in northern Labrador will end now that workers in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ont. have a collective agreement, according to media reports.

Cabo Drilling (Ontario) Corp., based in Kirkland Lake, has been awarded the contract to drill a minimum of 5,000 metres on Goldcorp Canada Ltd.'s Hollinger mine workings in the heart of Timmins.

The province has accepted the closure plan for Northgate Minerals' Young-Davidson mine 60 kilometres west of Kirkland Lake, allowing the company to begin construction and development.

With James Bay mineral development moving at a breakneck pace, the Ontario government wants someone to get a handle on all this activity in the Ring of Fire.

Provincial contracts have been awarded to make transportation infrastructure improvements in Northern Ontario. Pioneer Construction of Sudbury has been awarded a $6.

Sudbury's Science North is expanding to Thunder Bay with a new facility at the Boys and Girls Club building.