Around the North

Several remote communities in Ontario's Far North are looking into building an all-season road, which would reduce cost of living and increase access to educational and medical services.

The 450 employees of Vale Inco's Labrador operations will strike Aug. 1, following a near-unanimous rejection of the company's contract offer.

Bombardier Transportation has signed a $21-million contract to build seven bi-level commuter cars for Vancouver's West Coast Express at the company's Thunder Bay plant.

The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry announced July 6 that five major highway constructions projects throughout Northern Ontario.

Risto Laamanen, one of Sudbury's most prominent businessmen and community leaders, died suddenly Tuesday after a cerebral hemorrhage, said a close friend. Laamanen, 61, was the founder of Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. and Laamanen Construction.

Former United Steelworkers union leader Terry Mancini, 87, died July 3 in his Mississauga nursing home after a brief illness, just 10 days before his 88th birthday.

Ontario experienced a surge in home resale activity this past spring following a year-long period of repair in housing affordability, signaling that the overall housing market in the province may have seen the worst of its downturn, according to the

An Ontario Superior court decision has paved the way for Kirkland Lake-based GLR Resources Inc to close on the sale of its Goldfields assets in Uranium City, Sask. to Linear Gold Corp. as quickly as possible.

Metalex Ventures Ltd. (TSX:MTX) is reporting diamondiferous kimberlite intersections from two drill holes on a project seven kilometers south of the Victor Diamond Mine in the James Bay Lowlands.

Sault Ste. Marie's Wm. R. Walker Engineering has been acquired by Genivar Income Fund. “We weren't looking to be sold,” said Walker Engineering president Doug Leask, who said the “merger” quickly evolved over the last three months.