Around the North

Canadian National Railway is acquiring more than 2,200 freight cars to support its growing volume of traffic.

The Sudbury & District Home Builders Association will be holding its September membership meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The meeting gets underway at 5:30 p.m. at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel.

The Ontario government wants a toll road for mining companies hauling ore out of the Ring of Fire.

Registration is now open to Northern companies interested in participating in the fall/winter session of the Strategic One-on-One Export Marketing Assistance Program.

Sunwing will again offer flights and vacation packages during the winter months out of northern airports in Sudbury , North Bay , Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay . Sunwing offers service to Varadero, Cuba from Thunder Bay, Sudbury and Sault Ste.

Boart Longyear has found one solution to finding qualified and experienced employees. At its eastern Canada headquarters in Haileybury, a new drilling assistant training facility has recently been established.

Sault Ste. Marie ’s 43-year-old water tower has had a facelift. The 12-storey-high tower, built in 1969 and in service until 1991, has received a new coat of paint thanks to J.J.

This month, the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) in Sudbury will host a seminar to address challenges for entrepreneurs in the city. The event, entitled Startup Sudbury, will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.

The Milnet Mine area being explored by Wallbridge Mining has been expanded during an ongoing 5,000-metre diamond drilling and borehole geophysics program. The program is being undertaken with Wallbridge’s partner, Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

They will be no quick-fix to a land dispute between two mining companies over a road corridor to the Ring of Fire.