Around the North

Cliffs Natural Resources has formally commenced its $86 million offer for the common shares of Spider Resources. The offer, at a price of $0.13 per common share, expires July 6.

After weeks of canvassing the North, organizers with the Northern Ontario Heritage Party have obtained the 1,000 signatures necessary to secure official provincial party status.

From small business to youth initiatives, 16 projects in the Greater Sudbury region have seen a total of $975,000 through FedNor's Northern Ontario Development Program.

While the province continues to work out the details surrounding the new coordinator for the Ring of Fire chromite deposit, the Timmins Chamber of Commerce is calling for that job to be stationed in the city.

Aboriginal outreach programming at Sudbury's Cambrian College is being bolstered by a $500,000 donation from Vale.

The Ontario government's efforts to push the proposed Bill 191, the Far North Act, is being met with concern by De Beers Canada, whose representatives are calling for the bill to be rewritten.

The Fraser Institute has come out swinging against a Liberal private member's bill which proposes to allow the federal government to investigate any complaints made against Canadian resource firms working abroad.

Workers at FNX Mining Company Inc.'s McCreedy West Mine site near Sudbury are celebrating having gone 365 days without injury to any employees or contractors.

If the Sudbury District Motorsports Association has its way, the roar of airplanes isn't the only sound you'll hear near the local airport as it considers building a multi-purpose racing venue near the site.

The City of Greater Sudbury is set to host its second francophone comedy television series in the form of Ramville, a show about fans of hockey team in a fictional mill town.