Around the North

The North Bay chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) is hosting a national conference of May.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is delivering $4.6 million for three projects in northwestern Ontario. The Two Feathers Forest Products Ltd.

Sudbury is slated to talk about trees, wood supply and public forest preservation at the annual Ontario Professional Foresters Association conference announced for April 22 - 24.

Despite consistently landing in the top 10 on the Canadian Automobile Association's annual Worst Road list, the City of Greater Sudbury has a small wish list unveiled by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).

Common Voice Northwest, a regional research and policy group, has called on the federal government to make significant changes to the Employment Insurance program to assist laid-off forestry and mining workers across the region.

Sudbury City Council’s finance committee has agreed to a 5.2 per cent increase in water/wastewater rates and a 3.6 per cent increase in the 2009 budget before capital levy.

Dryden Municipal Telephone System (DMTS), which operates Dryden Mobility is overseeing a GSM networking system in Northern Ontario.

Pele Mountain Resources continues to expand its uranium resource base at its Elliot Lake project in northeastern Ontario.

Lesley Lovett-Doust is the new president and vice-chancellor of Nipissing University in North Bay. A post-secondary educator for 30 years, she succeeds Dennis Mock on July 1.

Essar Steel Algoma is temporarily laying off 130 employees, effective Jan. 11. The across-the-board cuts involving hourly workers at the Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker is the result of the world economic crisis, said spokeswoman Brenda Stenta.