Around the North

Kapuskasing council has decided to support North Centennial Manor's project after meeting with the North Centennial Manor board last week.

A paper mill training program has been launched in Kapuskasing by Collège Boréal in response to the needs of the local forestry industry.

The Great Canadian Mine Show, a travelling mining exhibit that attracted 40,000 visitors and covered 76,000 kilometres during a 2001 cross-Canada tour, is on the selling block.

FedNor has given $500,000 to the Cochrane and Area Community Development Corp. for the development of a new tourist attraction. The CDC plans to develop a pioneer village as part of a new regional tourist attraction.

FedNor is providing funding of $200,000 to the Town of Thessalon for expansion of its waste-water lagoon and sewer system. The Town of Thessalon plans to establish a new industrial park and facilitate business expansion and new housing development.

Some Sudbury city councillors are not happy with the private sector's response to a local convention centre.

In what is being heralded by Placer Dome Inc. and Kinross Gold Corp. as the biggest news in the Porcupine gold camp in years, the two mining companies are combining forces in a joint-venture mining project.

Sault Ste. Marie's engineering and planning department will proceed with the tendering process for the Black Lake Road reconstruction project, valued at $5.3 million.

Sault Ste. Marie city council recently passed a resolution approving a plan and budget to host the 2003 Winter Cities conference.

Road conditions and road safety on Highway 17 along the North Shore will be improved with provincial government investments of nearly $10 million.