Around the North

The overseas delivery of a made-in-Northern Ontario aircraft to the Malaysian government may open doors to keep workers at Bombardier Aerospace's North Bay assembly plant busy for a while.

Ontario's winter road network servicing 30 remote First Nation communities received a $3.7 million funding lifeline. Kenora MP Greg Rickford made the announcement in Sioux Lookout, Jan.

The premiere event of the McGuinty government's Growth Plan for Northern Ontario is taking place in Thunder Bay, Feb. 2-3.

The Union of Ontario Indians want to break into the renewable energy market. The First Nations advocacy group said there are "unprecedented opportunities" in the energy generation and transmission market for First Nations territories.

Montreal wind farm developer, RES Canada, has selected the Township of Dorion in northwestern Ontario as the new site of a $250 million wind farm. It is one of two projects for Ontario, the company said in a Jan. 23 release.

The provincial government has shelled out funds for a series of projects through Timmins and Cochrane, including the development of commercial and industrial lots along Highway 11.

Demand from mining sector firms for greater vehicle safety awareness has led to the creation of a new training program to be delivered through a partnership between MacLean Engineering and Collège Boréal.

Interested in picking up the pace of exploration at its Larder Lake Project 35 kilometres east of Kirkland Lake, Bear Lake Gold Ltd. has added a third drill to its Phase 1 program. More than $2.

With deliberations for the city's 2009 budget soon to get underway, the Timmins Chamber of Commerce recently presented its own recommendations, including infrastructure planning and tax burden reduction.

Participants in the Ontario Mining Association´s Climate Change Workshop came to grips with the complexities surrounding environmental issues.