Around the North

Speaking to government with one voice on "critical" regional development issues was the goal of the annual meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC) in Kenora.

Step-out exploration drilling by MPH Ventures has increased the size of its molybdenum deposit in northwestern Ontario. The Vancouver miner reports a second round of drilling at its Pidgeon deposit at Lateral Lake, northeast of Dryden. In a Sept.

A Thunder Bay aviation software/IT company has landed a contract to supply flight display information for a North Dakota airport. The Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority has selected iFIDS.

Lakehead University has picked up two Canada Research Chairs and a combined $200,000 in federal grants. Dr.

The Town of Englehart is receiving $315,000 from the province to provide municipal water and sewage services to a future commercial and industrial park site near Highway 11.

The Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp. has added National Supply president Albert Giommi and N-Sci Technologies chief Robert Reid to its board of directors.

The Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF) was recognized Sept. 10 for a century of advancing forest science and practices.

Marathon Mayor Rick Dumas says his council's support behind a regional movement to slow down the government's timetable for making changes to the Mining Act will go unheeded by Queen's Park.

North Bay MPP Monique Smith has been tapped as the new Minister of Tourism in a Sept. 19 cabinet shuffle. She replaces Peter Fonseca who moves over to labour. "Tourism is an important economic driver for our region and the whole province.

Essar Steel Holdings has broken ground for a new slab mill built atop an iron ore deposit on the Minnesota Iron Range. The $1.