Around the North

Collège Boréal obtained a mark of 87.6 per cent for graduate satisfaction - the highest rate in the province proven in the recent Key Performance Indicators (KPI) surveys.

The Honourable Brian Tobin will present from a political and national perspective what Canada has done, and what the country needs to do, in order to prepare itself to take full advantage of the knowledge-based economy during e-Sudbury.

Schreiber township council has made major cuts in community services in an attempt to bring in a reduced tax increase that was originally forecast for the community. Taxes will go up 2.96 per cent instead of 15 per cent.

FedNor gave $26,000 to the Township of South Algonquin for a feasibility study on expanding cellular phone service across the area.

A frequent skier at the Searchmont Ski Resort, north of Sault Ste. Marie, has become its new owner. Chicago stockbroker Jack McDermott expects to take control of the bankrupt resort May 1.

Moosonee Airport will receive $220,000 for safety improvement projects. Reginald Belair, MP for the Timmins and James Bay area, made the announcement earlier this on behalf of Transport Minister David Collenette.

Three northwestern Ontario airports have received almost $7 million from the federal government for safety improvement projects. The projects include: • $2.

In what is being heralded by area politicians as a major step in waterfront development in Little Current, the long-awaited transfer of some federal docks was expected to take place in mid-April.

Abitibi-Consolidated’s Kenora mill will be shut down during May for inventory adjustment. All but a handful of workers will be laid off for the month.

The Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association (OFSWA), in co-operation with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and the tree-planting industry, is launching Ontario’s first occupational health and safety resource package geared specific