Around the North

The Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association (OMCSA) has awarded the Timmins-based Dumas Contracting Ltd., one of Canada's leading full-service underground mine contracting firms, with its 2010 Worker Safety Innovation Award.

Thunder Bay's Lakehead University introduced a new Honours Bachelor of Science in Resource and Environmental Economics degree program that commences this fall.

The remote northern community of Marten Falls First Nation is studying how to connect with the provincial highway system.

Health Canada has launched a major air quality study in Sault Ste. Marie. For six years, MP Tony Martin has been meeting with residents in the city's west end who have complained about emissions from nearby Essar Steel Algoma.

Economic diversification is key for struggling forestry mill towns like Dryden in northwestern Ontario.

The three junior miners behind the Big Daddy chromite deposit in the Far North 'Ring of Fire' have released an initial resource estimate. The massive chromite deposit is estimated to contain an indicated resource of 23.3 million tones averaging 40.

A new provincial plan for forest tenure and pricing will be unveiled before industry stakeholders at an upcoming round of public meetings across the North.

A new call centre is coming to Thunder Bay this summer.

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce will host the Nova Business Excellence Awards on Thursday, May 6th at the McIntyre Arena.

The provincial government is delivering money to communities on the north shore of Lake Superior and northeastern Ontario.