Around the North

With Premier Dalton McGuinty on the way out and a prorogued Ontario Legislature in suspended animation, the government was doing some weekend mixing and matching of ministerial responsibilities.

The Mining, Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) is offering a five-day course in Global Minerals Industry Risk Management Dec. 10-14 in Sudbury .

Collège Boréal in Sudbury is the recipient of a $150,000 donation from L’Alliance des caisses populaires de l’Ontario limitée ( Alliance of Ontario Caisses Populaires ).

The International Bridge turns 50 years old this year, and the twin Saults marked the occasion by installing commemorative plaques at either side of the structure.

The City of North Bay will be pouring $12 million into renovating its arena to make room for an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) franchise next fall. The Brampton Battalion are relocating to the Gateway City for the 2013-14 season.

The Ontario Business Achievement Awards named Sudbury -based company BESTECH a finalist in the large business category at its annual gala.

Enrolment at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie has reached a new record, with a 20.3 per cent increase over last year’s numbers. As of Nov. 1, 1,427 students were enrolled at the school for the 2012-2013 year.

Copper, platinum, palladium and gold occurrences have been found at the Sudbury -area Wisner property, a joint venture project between Wallbridge Mining Company and Xstrata Nickel .

Pele Mountain Resources says it has reached a milestone in its progress to develop its Elliot Lake uranium-rare earth oxides property with the production of a yellowcake. Yellowcake is produced during the extraction and refining of uranium.

Plans to convert the coal-fired Thunder Bay Generating Station to natural gas have been postponed by the Ontario government. The Nov.