Around the North

A cross-border education linkage between Sault College in Ontario and Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. is offering more opportunities for students.

Farming stands to be a growth sector in the east Algoma district and more should be done to promote the industry, according to a two-year study prepared by Harry Cumming and Associates.

Analysing the economic and environmental state of Northern Ontario is the focus of a symposium at North Bay's Canadore College next month.

Small-business management in the forest industry will be one of many topics covered during an annual forestry workers training session in Sault Ste. Marie on April 19.

Determined to chart their own economic future, the Town of Iroquois Falls cut the ribbon in April on an economic development office and established a community development team.

Construction on Emo's new water intake system has received the green light from the Ministry of the Environment. The township plans to advertise for tenders soon and is seeking additional funding from the heritage fund.

A spring-water bottling plant in Kenora is expanding production and will hire as many as 14 new employees. Two new bottling lines are being added that will boost production at NatureÕs Bay Bottling Co. to 75,000 500-ml bottles per shift.

Trus Joist Weyerhaeuser's new plant in Kenora is in the final stages of hiring. The final 250 candidates for 180 maintenance and production positions are going through one-day assessments and job offers will be made in May.

Environmental hurdles have placed the reopening of Kearney graphite mine, one of only two graphite mines in North America, on hold.

FedNor announced they would invest $654,696 in support of four projects serving Kirkland Lake and the surrounding region.