Around the North

Extending the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for flow-through share investors, demonstrates Ottawa's commitment to the Canadian mining industry, said the federal Natural Resources Minister, March 2.

Thunder Bay's Lakehead University will be offering a master of business administration program in September.

A former Abitibi Bowater manager in Thunder Bay is heading up an ethanol production plant in Minnesota. Randy Dittman is the new general manager of POET Biorefining in Bingham Lake, Minn.

Sudbury continues to be among the tightest rental housing markets in Ontario. That was the finding of a released by the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF), March 2.

A successful round of financing has landed Armistice Resources with gross proceeds of $935,600.25 for use at its McGarry gold project, located 40 kilometres east of Kirkland Lake.

The francophone community of Hearst is hoping to help all Northern Ontario communities by hosting "Our Children, Their Future," a conference on sustainable development from April 29 - May 2.

What was once a pilot program to attract and retain foreign professionals or students in the province has become permanent through changes to the Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program.

Deadlines for submissions to the Timmins Chamber of Commerce's 2009 Nova Awards are coming to a close on March 13, and officials are urging businesses and individuals to put forward their nominations.

A school of architecture being proposed for Greater Sudbury received a pledge for financial support to the tune of $50,000 from Downtown Sudbury, an association of local businesspeople.

Nearly two years after its inaugural show, Canadian Trade-Ex is teaming up with the City of Timmins to once again put on The Big Event Mining Show on May 21-23.