Around the North

Applications are being accepted for the third year of Ontario’s Species at Risk Stewardship Fund which supports volunteer efforts to protect and restore Ontario's species at risk and their habitats.

The Canadian Boreal Initiative presented Boreal Awards to this year's recipients, including Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, federal Transport Minister John Baird, the First Nations communities of Good Hope and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI), alon

The United Steelworkers (USW) have agreed to a three-year contract at Goldcorp's Porcupine Gold Mines in Timmins. In an Oct.

Kenora was named one of four Canadian most 'intelligent' communities.

October and November are proving to be tough months for forestry mills in northwestern Ontario. Terrace Bay Pulp is the latest casualty to announce temporarily layoffs with 425 workers expected to be off work by Nov. 9.

With an eye on advancing its magnesite-talc project near Timmins, the Toronto-based Globex Mining Enterprises has retained KPMG Corporate Finance as its exclusive financial advisor.

A campaign to redevelop CP Rail's rail yard in Sudbury's downtown core has been officially launched by Imagine Sudbury, a group of citizens ranging from businesspeople, activists to academics.

The two sides of a month-long strike at the Timmins-area Xstrata Copper's Kidd Creek Metallurgical Site have reached a tentative agreement. As of Nov.

A joint venture formed between Leo Alarie and Sons Construction Ltd. and the Wahgoshig First Nation has received nearly $15 million contract by Apollo Gold's to develop their Black Fox mine site in the Timmins region.

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc.'s Macassa Mine, located in the prolific Kirkland Lake camp, is due to see a flurry of new mining activity from a recent commitment to bring the South Mine Complex into production. With a letter of intent from North Bay's J.S.