Around the North

The Town of Marathon will assess the viability of new owners to operate the local pulp mill with help from the Ontario government.

The City of Temiskaming Shores is supporting a resolution that calls for leveling the playing field with the U.S., since its Buy American practices are harming Canadian manufacturers.

Canada's largest construction consulting company opened its doors in Sudbury on May 21. MHPM Project Managers Inc. hosted a grand opening in its downtown location with City of Greater Sudbury Mayor John Rodriguez and Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.

A new steel bridge constructed in Sioux Narrows resulted in an award of excellence for a Mississauga structural engineering firm.

Probe Mines and Noront Resources have signed a joint venture agreement in the exploration hotbed of McFauld's Lake. The deal focuses on 87 claim units located in the 'Ring of Fire' area near the Eagle One nickel-copper discovery.

Sudbury's push for 'massive change' doesn't include the Canadian Pacific Railway's (CP) support.

The revitalization of Sault Ste. Marie's Agawa Canyon tour train with new locomotives and passenger coaches is being hailed by the city's tourism czar as a "renaissance" for the local hospitality sector.

Nickel Belt MP Claude Gravelle is among a group of Northern Ontario politicians saying it's time for an economic development agency for the region.

The federal and provincial government are investing $100 million next year to improve the Trans-Canada Highway between Kenora and the Manitoba border. The highway will be expanded from two to four lanes.

Kenora's stalled Tunnel Island project was given a $1-million lift by federal Minister of State Gary Goodyear.