Around the North

Levert Personnel Resources has expanded into the oil and gas sector in Atlantic Canada, following the acquisition of a pair of Newfoundland-based personnel management companies.

Sudbury-based Bestech has been recognized by Workforce Planning for Sudbury and Manitoulin for its work with area students.

The province is now accepting applications for funding towards municipal road, bridge, water and wastewater projects under the Municipal Infrastructure Strategy.

Bob Morin and Rick Lemieux Sr. have been announced as the 2012 inductees into the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Services Association’s ( SAMSSA ) Hall of Fame. Morin is the general manager for Mobile Parts Inc.

Meldrum Bay, a community on the west end of Manitoulin Island, has received $394,000 in federal funding to complete the final phase of its waterfront development project.

Eacom Timber Corp. has completed upgrades to its Nairn Centre mill and construction is nearing completion at its Elk Lake mill.

Interpaving Ltd. of Sudbury was awarded a $9.5 million contract to resurface a portion of Highway 144 between Sudbury and Timmins . More than 24 kilometres of the highway is being reconstructed near Gogama.

The Northern Ontario Centre for Advanced Technology ( NORCAT ) in Sudbury will host its third innovation event Nov. 29. Tom Rand, the cleantech lead advisor at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, will be the guest speaker.

The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) has contributed $10,000 to establish an annual bursary for engineering technology students at Cambrian College .

CIS Ionic Mining Systems , the joint venture company formed by Carrier Industrial Supply (CIS) and Ionic Engineering , has been formally rebranded as Variant Mining Technologies.