Around the North

Nominations are now being accepted for the second annual Wood WORKS! Awards program, which honours renewable resource achievements.

The Blind River Chamber of Commerce is planning a course of action to deal with revenue losses from out-of-town shopping.

Sudbury housing starts remained strong through July with 39 new single-detached units, establishing a ten-year high for that month according to figures released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

SynFuel Technologies is moving ahead with plans to build a power plant at Thunder Bay's Valley Camp terminal.

Small business owners continue to be optimistic despite perceived stagnation in the Thunder Bay economy. Thunder Bay Ventures recently surveyed 600 randomly selected small businesses to obtain input on the present economic conditions in the city.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a plane crash that claimed the life of a prominent Timmins businessman. Marcel Lafleur, 64, died Aug.

Although unconfirmed, the Canadian National Railway Co. is looking to reopen the Rainy River Rail Terminal. Officials were in the area looking at accommodations for possible crews who will be working on the terminal.

Clergue Forest Management is fending off accusations by an environmental group that accuses them of skirting provincial clearcut regulations. Earthroots claims the Sault Ste.

Norampac expects its Red Rock paper mill in northwestern Ontario to be back in operation just days after a fire damaged one of the plant's five boilers. The cause of the Aug.

Several First Nations communities in the North were beneficiaries of a $1.7 million federal package for economic development projects.