Around the North

The provincial and federal governments have teamed up to deliver $32 million in funding to the Town of Kirkland Lake to help build a new wastewater treatment facility. The money, which covers the majority of the $35.

Rubicon Minerals has signed an exploration agreement with Lac Seul First Nation that covers property near Red Lake.

The scarcity of rental units in Sault Ste. Marie has prompted Algoma University to create a downtown student residence in a landmark building.

Peat Resources Ltd. (PET:TSX) has announced Robert T. Wright as new vice-chairman of the company.

Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) continues to press Queen's Park to conduct socio-economic impact assessments before the government decided to pass any more legislation that it says hurts members. In a Jan.

The AbitibiBowater caucus of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) union and the forest products company have temporarily adjourned negotiations and will resume March 1. In a Jan.

Shareholders of Freewest Resources have proved the sale of the Montreal junior miner to Cliffs Natural Resources for $1 per share. It was supported by the board and management of Freewest, Jan.

Lion Energy Corp. as received an updated technical report on its El Sol iron ore property in the Red Lake district of northwestern Ontario. Their exploration work is intended to prove up a historical ore reserve from the late 1950s.

After talks broke down between Vale Inco and United Steelworkers Local 9508 over the past week, the company announced it will restart production at its Voisey's Bay mine in Labrador using non-striking workers.

Canadian manufacturing sales barely maintained their rising trend in November 2009, moving up 0.1 per cent to $42.6 billion, according to Statistics Canada. This marked the fifth increase the sector saw in a six-month period.