Around the North

Temex Resources reports high grade intersects of gold on a Timmins gold project. The Toronto miner said all their deep drill holes near the former Hallnor Mine in Whitney township all show visible signs of gold.

Nipissing University has struck a deal with Apple Canada to provide laptop computers to its Education students.

Bombardier Thunder Bay could benefit from building new GO Transit coaches if the federal government comes to the table with infrastructure funding.

The Assembly of First Nations National Chief, Phil Fontaine, and the chair of the Mining Association of Canada, Jim Gowans, signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen existing links between the two groups.

Premier Gold Mines (PG:TSX) has discovered potentially significant high-grade gold targets at their PQ North property, located 430 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay.

Ursa Major Minerals Inc. will ship 10,000 tonnes of nickel-copper ore from their Shakespeare mining operation, located 70 kilometres west of Sudbury, to Xstrata Nickel's Strathcona mill in the city for processing.

The lack of reading, writing, communication and computer skills is being cited as top priority item in a northeastern Ontario labour market study.

AbitibiBowater is scrambling to avoid creditor protection after missing an April 1 deadline to reach a restructuring deal with its lenders and debt holders.

The drop in demand for sulphuric acid has forced the Xstrata's Kidd Metallurgical site in Timmins to reduce production levels. Effective April 13th, the site's copper smelter will be shut down for an eight-week period.

The halt of primary production at FNX Mining nickel mines during the last quarter resulted in after-tax writedowns on assets totalling $365-million, plunging the company heavily into the red for the year.