Around the North

Neither wind nor 20 centimetres of snow could prevent the Sudbury Area Mining Service and Supply Association (SAMSSA)'s annual general meeting from kicking off at the local Howard Johnson on Dec. 9 for a morning of discussion and celebration.

Federal New Democrat MPs say Conservative and Liberal MPs sold out the people of Northern Ontario by standing up and voting in support of the Harper government's $4.

The oil and gas industry is adapting quickly to the changing global environment, but Canadian companies are still approaching opportunities with caution, according to a new Ernst & Young report, Lessons From Change - Cautious Optimism in the Oil

  Dr. David Robinson, associate professor of economics at Laurentian University, will be talking about trends into 2010 at Bryston’s On The Park in Copper Cliff, Friday, Dec. 11 from 12 p.m.-2 p.m.

Glenn Nolan takes on the role following his recent work with the company's Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

Fred Stanford, a former Vale Inco Ontario operations boss, is now the president and CEO of Vancouver mid-tier gold miner, Gleichen Resources. He replaces Michael Murphy who will remain as a director.

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is celebrating a decade of high-tech accomplishment. The award-winning technology centre and business incubator celebrates its 10th anniversary, Dec. 8, at the Grand Theatre.

Thunder Bay's Fitzpatrick & Partners LLP is merging with Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) LLP of Winnipeg, one of Canada's largest accounting firms. Effective Feb. 1, Fitzpatrick & Partners will begin operating under the MNP name. In a Nov.

A bloodstain room is one of the new features of an Ontario Provincial Police forensic identification services unit that opened Nov. 27 in Thunder Bay.

Toronto-based Marathon PGM Corp. said it has shaved $92 million off the cost of developing and operating a platinum group metals and copper open pit with the release of a new feasibility study. In a Nov.