Around the North

The Ontario government is hosting a pavilion at MINExpo International 2008, Sept. 22-24 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A construction consortium of MGP Architects Engineer Inc. of Sault Ste. Marie and Toronto's ZAS Architects has been selected to build a new high school in the Sault.

Brookfield Power is pressing ahead with plans to build a 100-megawatt wind farm on the north shore of Lake Superior at Marathon.

North American Palladium (NAP) has selected William Biggar as its new president and CEO. He replaces James Excell who will step down Oct. 1.

Mineral exploration is taking off in northwestern Ontario and Thunder Bay is angling to be the service hub of it all. The inaugural Prospects North Mining Conference takes place Oct. 23-24 at the Travelodge Airlane.

An Ontario Court of Appeal is reserving judgement on whether the province's Residual Value Charge (RVC), a forestry stumpage fee, is a legitimate or an illegal charge on hardwood mill companies. Jim Boniferro, owner of Sault Ste.

Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown isn't thrilled with the provincial government's attempt to fast-track public consultations before making changes to the Mining Act.

Following several challenges in bringing it online, Liberty Mines Inc. has officially begun pre-production at its McWatters nickel mine, located nearly 30 kilometres southeast of Timmins.

With its Sept. 26 gala fundraising dinner cancelled due to the federal election commitments of its key speaker, Justin Trudeau, Cambrian College is instead hosting a conference on greener buildings. From Oct.

First quarter results for Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. have indicated an operating loss of nearly $3.4 million in the three months ending July 31, 2008.