Around the North

Northeastern Ontario mayors are angling for the processing of the 'Ring of Fire' chromite ore to be located within the region.

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is receiving $522,588 in research and development money from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund as it prepares to move into a new building next year. Sault Ste.

Thunder Bay's Lakehead University's Faculty of Forestry and Forest Environment has changed its name to the Faculty of Natural Resources Management. The faculty has also restructured its undergraduate programming.

North American Palladium has raised $100 million financing for digging deeper into its Lac des Iles mine in northwestern Ontario.

Two Thunder Bay junior gold miners report significant progress on their projects in northwestern Ontario.

The total taxes imposed on the average Canadian family consumes 41.7 per cent of their income through a combination of obvious and hidden taxes, a number that may increase in the future, according to the B.C.-based Fraser Institute.

Tres-Or Resources Ltd. (TSX: TRS), whose Lapointe diamond exploration project sits 80 kilometres southeast of Timmins, has closed a pair of private placements worth $1-million.

Results from 44 drill holes at Lake Shore Gold Corp.'s (TSX:LSG) Timmins Mine have turned up mineralization outside the current resource model. This includes intercepts of 7.6 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over 13 metres and 8.8 g/t gold over 22.

The proposed merger between FNX Mining and Quadra Mining Ltd. will bolster opportunities for local suppliers both at home and abroad, according to Vern Baker, vice-president of FNX's Sudbury operations.

Collège Boréal's new Institute of Trades has received a $4-million shot in the arm from the province to help fund a new 81,000-square-foot facility in Sudbury. The money, provided through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, supplements $5.