Around the North

A “new deal” for Ontario Northland has been proposed by the association representing unionized employees at Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC).

Dominic Giroux has been appointed as president of Laurentian University for a second term. Giroux got the nod after the school’s board of governors endorsed the recommendation of the Presidential Review Committee.

Michael DeGagne has been appointed as president and vice-chancellor of Nipissing University . He will begin a five-year term in January and becomes the university’s seventh president.

A third suspect has been arrested in an alleged fraud case, in which three executives are charged with conspiring to defraud Atlas Copco of more than $16 million. Paul Caron, 67, of Montreal was apprehended Oct.

Cast Resource Equipment Ltd. and Mining Technologies International have teamed up to create a shotcrete sprayer that will be used to seal and reinforce mine shaft walls, helping to protect the health and safety of underground workers.

The Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario branch of Women in Mining Canada is seeking support to get its fledgling organization up and running.

Collège Boréal in Sudbury is hosting a conference on innovation at Ontario’s colleges.

It will cost $1.9 million to build an open-pit mine at the Broken Hammer property in Sudbury owned by Wallbridge Mining Company , according to a prefeasibility study released Oct. 16.

Sudbury ’s downtown master plan has received an honourable mention at the annual Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) awards gala.

Businesses that were affected by the collapse of the Algo Centre Mall roof in Elliot Lake are starting to recover thanks to the $2-million Business Continuity Fund set up by the provincial government.