Around the North

Guest speaker Justin Trudeau will engage the audience at the Gala Fundraising Dinner with his perspective on education, environment and youth. Education and empowerment of youth are priorities for Trudeau.

Tickets are still on sale for the Emerging Leaders Conference and Tradeshow to be held Wednesday September 10th at the Caruso Club in Greater Sudbury. The keynote speaker is executive chef David Adjey, guest of Restaurant Makeover.

Registration is now open for the Forest Industry Value Added Forum in Thunder Bay, Oct.15 and 16 at the Valhalla Inn.

Elliot Lake diamond diggers, Pele Mountain Resources, have given a name for their mine project now edging closer to development.

The Timmins Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Rob Galloway, of Galloway & galloway Executive Services as the new president for the new year. Mr. Galloway will take the over for Marilyn Wood, of Mikro-Tek Inc.

With shovels barely in the ground, Collège Boréal's new Timmins campus is slated to get even bigger. The $11.5-million, 50,000-square-foot project received a $3.

There's new faces in the West Timmins Mining offices with new appointments to key positions.

A flurry of FedNor bucks rolled into northeastern Ontario this week. Eight organizations and projects landed a combined $4 million. The Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation (CDC) hauled in $1.

With several projects in the Timmins camp, Liberty Mines Inc. has drawn on two former Xstrata Canada heads to bolster its staff and board of directors. Effective Sept. 2, Mark Trevisiol will be Liberty's vice-president and chief operating officer.

As nickel prices climb down from the record numbers seen a year ago, the Sudbury camp continues to be a hotbed of activity and investment. Xstrata Nickel is investing $455 million to expand and develop some local projects.