Around the North

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Northern Ontario Business Neureka Research Corp. is currently in the process of changing its name to Northern Centre for Biotechnology and Clinical Research with the intent of attracting more research projects.

by ANDREW WAREING Northern Ontario Business With the loss of over 300 jobs at Weyerhaeuser jobs, Dryden is responding with the formation of a Community Assistance Partnership (CAP).

A large portion of the more than $420,000 Tourism Is Our Future project of the Manitoulin Island M'Chigeeng First Nations has been funded by the Ontario government.

A program to increase cultural and economic exchange across the Ontario-Quebec border has received some financial assistance from the federal government.

A program to increase cultural and economic exchange across the Ontario-Quebec border has received some financial assistance from the federal government.

Confederation College's Aviation Centre of Excellence, located at the Thunder Bay International Airport is expected to be complete by the fall of 2003.

By Ian Ross EDS Canada and General Motors are creating 50 new positions at its Sault Ste. Marie roadside assistance centre. GM is introducing a technical help desk for its 7,500 American dealerships.

With an October strike deadline looming, Falconbridge and unionized workers at its Kidd metallurgical division in Timmins have reached and ratified a three-year deal. On Sept.

Business, aboriginal, government and community leaders gathered in Timmins Sept. 24 to exchange ideas on telecommunications.

Goldeye Explorations has initiated a stripping program to discover a high-grade zone on its Tyrrell Township property near Timmins.