Around the North

FedNor is dropping $511,000 on two initiatives in the Thunder Bay area. The rural municipality of Oliver Paipoonge received $360,000 to expand its Rubin Business Park.

First-year undergrads at Nipissing University 's School of Business in North Bay are receiving complimentary iPads.

Detour Gold has released an updated open pit production plan that supports a 21.5-year mine life at its Detour Lake project now under construction. With a current mineral reserve of 15.6 million ounces of gold, grading 1.

Temex Resources has released a resource estimate for its Whitney gold project near Timmins . In a Sept.

AuRico Gold has launched into commercial production at its Young-Davidson Mine at Matachewan in northeastern Ontario. In a Sept.

Kirkland Lake's Armistice Resources reports it has started the shipment and sale of gold concentrate from its McGarry Mine. President Todd Morgan said it's an “exciting milestone” for the company's first operating mine.

David Lindsay, a senior deputy minister in the Ontario government, is the new president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada .

Retired General Rick Hillier is the keynote speaker at the Timmins Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting at the Days Inn, Sept. 19.

The weekly video series Conversations Around the North is back with 17 new videos. Featuring prominent companies who established their businesses in Northern Ontario, new videos will be posted every Friday at northernontariobusiness.

Sudbury is ready to host 500 building officials at the annual Ontario Building Officials Association , Sept. 10-12.