Around the North

A private-public partnership deal signed June 5 in Chapleau is being heralded as a major step forward in developing new economic opportunities.

The Wawatay Native Communications Society has received $500,000 in funding from FedNor for the upgrading of their telecommunications and information technology (IT) capacity, according to a June news release.

The city of Dryden will hold a public meeting on June 19 to discuss a proposed bylaw prohibiting the people from smoking in the workplace.

The City of Timmins planning department is reviewing a site plan submitted by First Pro Shopping Centres to develop a $12-million Wal-Mart in the city. Pending municipal approval, the developer plans to build a 4.

Expansion and exhibit upgrades at the Timmins Underground Gold Mine Tour and the Shania Twain Centre were nearing completion in early June. A vertical people mover, known as an Alimak, is the featured new amenity for visitors touring the mine site.

Inco Ltd. and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador jointly announced on June 11 that they have entered into a statement of principles on the development of the Voisey's Bay nickel-copper-cobalt deposits in Labrador.

Junior mining company Davidson Tisdale Ltd. has plans to revive a former gold mine in South Porcupine, which has been drilled and explored since the early 1900s. In the mid-1990s, some gold was mined out of the Davidson mine, yielding about 0.

Sudbury's continued dependence on the mining industry has delivered a low rating by Moody's Canada report naming their best- and worst-ranked communities for economic diversity.

The medical officer of health of the Northwestern (Ontario) Health Unit is sending out warnings this month to thousands of businesses, ordering them to comply with provisions under the Health Protection and Promotion Act to eliminate second-hand ciga

Transatlantic links between Sault Ste. Marie and Ireland continue to evolve as delegates from a trade mission to the Emerald Isle returned home in early June.