Around the North

Crowflight Minerals has appointed Mark Trevisiol, a former Xstrata Sudbury executive, as its new president and CEO. He immediately replaces Mike Kelly who has resigned.

The City of Dryden is naming a new pedestrian suspension bridge spanning the Wabigoon River after renowned local businessman Roy Wilson. Wilson is the president and owner of the printing and publishing firm of Alex Wilson Coldstream Ltd.

The ripple effects of the ongoing strike at Vale Inco's Sudbury operations have officially reached into Timmins, where a lack of available copper concentrate has resulted in a temporary shutdown at Xstrata Copper's Kidd Metallurgical Site.

After years of waiting and an ongoing war of words between provincial MPP Rick Bartolucci and Industry Minister Tony Clement, the federal government has bestowed $4.3 million to Sudbury's Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation.

The 20 Ontario franchisee owners of home medical equipment (HME) company MEDIchair have come together to officially form MEDIchair Ontario, Canada's first provincial HME franchise company, to be.

Export Development Canada (EDC) has become the first export credit agency to receive an insurance financial strength (IFS) rating of Aaa from Moody's Investors Service, the highest such rating available.

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc., which operates the Macassa Mine in the Kirkland Lake camp, has entered into an agreement with Wellington West Capital Markets for a private placement for gross proceeds of $37.1 million.

Noront Resources Ltd. has closed private placement financing on 8,928,500 flow-through common shares at a price of $2.80 to raise gross proceeds of just under $25 million. Wellington West Capital Markets Inc.

A Far North native community and De Beers Canada Inc. held discussions on Aug. 24 about possible future exploration within the community's traditional lands.

Vale Inco will use its 1,200 employees and some outsourced staff to resume partial production at the Sudbury operations, in spite of an ongoing strike.