Around the North

Lower consumer demand and annual vacation shutdowns in pulp-consuming businesses in Europe and Asia has led Tembec to curtail production at two of its pulp mills in Quebec and France.

Hundreds of surly Sudburians packed a presentation room at the local Howard Johnson last week to better understand the move to bring Ontario's unorganized townships to the Current Value Assessment (CVA) system.

Following 18 years in the provincial legislature, Timmins-James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson has officially thrown his hat into the ring as a candidate to become the new leader of the provincial NDP party.

With a federal election looming on the horizon, FedNor has managed to slip in a few last funding announcements, including a recent $2 million investment in Laurentian University's new Living With Lakes Centre.

Independent Nickel has until today to respond to Victory Nickel's unsolicited takeover. Victory's vice chairman and C.E.O.

Nickel production has been suspended in the Dominican Republic as Xstrata Nickel halts operations at the Falcondo nickel operation.

The many developments in science and technology within the City of Greater Sudbury will be viewed through a national prism come May 2009, when the Canadian Science Writers' Association is set to arrive.

The city's newest mining research cluster located on the fourth floor of the Willet Green Miller Centre at Laurentian University has been officially opened following a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony.

To help further its various exploration projects, First Nickel is looking to go to the market to help raise $4.5 million.

Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci has put to rest any doubts as to his opinion on the so-called "legacy projects" being proposed for the city.