Around the North

Rural Canada needs a champion at the federal cabinet table and a long-term plan from the federal government to reverse the decline in its struggling towns and villages.

Kirkland Lake's GLR Resources Inc. announced it has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Linear Gold Corporation, where GLR will sell a 100 per cent of its interests in the Goldfields Mine Project, located near Uranium City, Sask.

More massive chromite deposits have been found in the Ring of Fire area by Noront Resources Ltd. after test results from 12 diamond drill-holes completed during the winter on the Blackbird chromite deposits. One hole intersects 21.

International representatives from academia and the mining industry swung through Sudbury from May 19-21 for updates and demonstrations of the Planning and Rapid Integrated Mine Optimization (PRIMO) research project.

With the promise of summer comes an infusion of new blood for the board of directors at the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, which recently held elections for its 2009/10 fiscal year.

Two of Northern Ontario's base metal junior exploration firms, URSA Major Minerals and Canadian Arrow, have decided to match their mutual interests by exploring the idea of a potential merger.

Brett Resources reports finding more gold mineralization on its Hammond Reef deposit in northwestern Ontario.

The Far North has been good to KWG Resources (TSX-Venture:KWG). The Montreal-based exploration company is making the jump up to Tier 1 status, effective May 26.

Wayne Cormier couldn't think of a better way to finish his tenure as chairman of a Parry Sound community advisory committee lobbying to establish a stand-alone campus of Canadore College in town.

Hydro One is investing $250,000 toward the construction of a recreational lookout in Thunder Bay.