Around the North

FedNor is sending $75,000 to the Canadian Curling Association to help Sault Ste. Marie in hosting the 2010 Canadian Women's Curling Championship.

Don Pearl is the new executive director of the North of Superior Tourism Association (NOSTA). A Nov. 27 news release said Pearl has more than 30 years of corporate experience, including 25 in the region.

Todd Tripp is the new manager of Sioux Lookout's Municipal Airport. He starts his first day Jan 4.

Canadian corporations have begun to show signs of recovery from the economic downturn after posting $54.1 billion in operating profits for the third quarter of 2009, a 7.9 per cent rise over the previous quarter.

The Sudbury-focused junior Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX: WM) has named industry veterans Parviz Farsangi and Roland Horst to its board of directors.

Northern College is seeing enrolment increases not experienced in 17 years, growing 38 per cent across the school, due in part to strong interest from Ontario's Second Career program.

Government bailouts issued to Canadian corporations from 1994 to 2007 have cost $202 billion, or $15,126-per taxpayer, according to a recent report from the B.C.-based Fraser Institute.

New industrial pollution reporting regulations will come into effect in Ontario Jan. 1, 2010, affecting facilities releasing 25,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gases and laying the groundwork for a provincial cap-and-trade system.

Gowest Amalagamated Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: GWA) has entered into a letter of intent to snap up 4,600 acres from Goldcorp Canada Ltd., located next to its Frankfield project 42 kilometres northeast of Timmins.

Non-commercial production has begun at Liberty Mines' McWatters nickel mine near Timmins, marking a milestone for the company and returning it to producer status after halting production at its Redstone Mine in October 2008.