Around the North

The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) wants students to come up with ways to make their lives easier as part of its 2013 student business plan competition.

Dura 21 Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Mansour Mining Technologies Inc. , a market leading supplier of mining products throughout Canada. The agreement names Mansour Mining Technologies Inc.

The Canada Nevada Business Council (CNBC) is developing memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Sudbury -based businesses and organizations in the areas of health care, education and tourism.

Stuart MacDonald, the founder of travel service website Expedia.ca , will be a guest speaker at the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) on Feb. 13. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in NORCAT’s upper atrium in Sudbury.

Montreal's Resolute Forest Products is building a new $50-million sawmill in northwestern Ontario, near Atikokan. In a Jan.

Ontario high school students have until March 20 to enter the So You Think You Know Mining video contest, which encourages students to explore the ways in which mining affects their lives.

The Liberal government's long-awaited Northern Policy Institute is finally starting to take shape. Ten appointees from seven Northern Ontario communities were named Feb. 1 to serve on the inaugural board of directors.

Marc Levasseur will continue in a second term as president of the Sudbury & District Home Builders’ Association .

Solid Gold Resources is suing the Ontario government for $100 million in damages stemming from a consultation flare-up involving the province and a northeastern Ontario First Nation community over an exploration project near Lake Abitibi.

The search is on for Canada’s safest employers. Canadian Occupational Safety is seeking nominees for its 2013 Canada’s Safest Employers awards.