Around the North

Sault Ste. Marie is dipping its toe into the movie production business. DViant Films of Toronto is shooting a film in the Sault this fall and will come to town with a budget of $2 million for a dark comedy film called Longfellow.

Brett Resources is starting a 70,000-metre drill program underway on its Hammond Reef gold property in northwestern Ontario.

North Bay Mayor Vic Fedeli is going on the offensive against the Buy America stimulus funding provisions with a letter-writing campaign aimed at selected U.S. mayors.

Apollo Gold Corporation has released the third-quarter results of production from its Black Fox open-pit mine 64 kilometres east of Timmins, which includes an estimated 23,250 ounces.

In advance of a Nov. 4 shareholder vote to merge with West Timmins Mining Inc., Lake Shore Gold Corp. has updated its NI 43-101 report. Mineral reserves are said to be 3.4 million tonnes at a grade of 7.

With support from Penguin Automated Systems Inc., students from Sudbury's Laurentian University will compete in NASA's 2009 Regolith Excavation Challenge at the NASA Ames Research Park in California, Oct 16-18.

A policy created by the Timmins Chamber of Commerce to streamline environmental assessments for business has received unanimous support from delegates at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's annual general meeting, Oct. 3-5 in Victoria, B.C.

Tragedy struck on Thanksgiving weekend for the family of one prominent Sudbury businessman following a plane crash in Algonquin Park which killed four.

Sudbury's Cambrian College has announced six appointments to its board of governors. Abbas Homayed has been appointed to the position of chair.

The Township of Nipigon Development Corporation is updating its community profile on the Invest In Ontario website to attract investors in the environmental technology, tourism and government sectors.