Around the North

Construction is underway on a new French Catholic School in Sault Ste. Marie. Built for the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario, the $7.48 million project will merge three existing schools. The Ontario government is investing $6.

The Denver-based Apollo Gold saw a $14-million net loss in the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2009, marking a loss of $37.5 million in the first nine months of the year.

Training tool gets off the ground with $2 million from Vale Inco

Temex Resources Corp. has entered into discussions with BacTech Mining Corporation to potentially re-process mine tailings from the Gowganda Silver Project, which contains the Miller Lake O'Brien Mine. The 1.

The Ontario Liberals tabled legislation on Nov. 16 to create the long-debated harmonized sales tax (HST), which will effectively merge the provincial eight per cent sales tax with the five per cent GST.

Vale has completed contract negotiations with 14 Brazilian labour unions representing 40,000 workers, with a two-year deal accepted by 87 per cent of the membership.

The Rahill-Bonanza Project, a joint venture between Premier and Goldcorp’s Red Lake Gold Mines Partnership, is in discussions to participate in a major underground development program that Goldcorp expects to undertake at the Red Lake Gold Mines mine

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce is hosting a roundtable to call on business members to provide tangible recommendations to reduce the deficit and protect the significant tax measures announced last year for business.

The current economic environment is producing a rise in both internal IT threats and external assaults on company websites and networks, according to Ernst & Young’s annual global information security survey.

Northern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (NOADI) has been nominated as one of the finalists in innovations in health care promotion category at the province’s fourth annual Health Care Innovation Awards.