Around the North

Bruce Mines new water filtration system is expected to be up and running in the fall of 2003. Earth Tech Canada Inc. will design and supervise the construction of a filtration system for the Bruce Mines water treatment plant.

International mining giant Placer Dome Inc. signed an option agreement with Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. to explore a property between the Dome and the former Hollinger gold mine in Timmins.

Northern Development and Mines has given the Thunder Bay Airport Authority $1.8 million to develop a light industrial/commercial subdivision. The airport already has its first tenant.

Thunder Bay may send a delegation to Silicon Valley to explore the possibility of exporting power there.

The province has formed an interim steering committee to handle tourism marketing for Northern Ontario. The new 11-member group will operate from an office in North Bay. It replaces the Northern Ontario Tourism Marketing Corp.

N. M. Paterson and Sons Limited of Thunder Bay has finalized a deal to sell three of its ships to Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) Inc.

E-sudbury.com, the City of Greater Sudbury's Community Development Corp. technology wing, launched a redesigned Web site ( www.e-sudbury.com ) in March featuring new online consulting services for small- and medium-sized business.

A city-owned call centre may be purchased and reopened by a private operator in the near future. Capreol Connex, owned by the City of Greater Sudbury, closed its doors in December due to loss of business.

Steel producers and union officials met with senior government officials in Ottawa March 20 to present their case for safeguards against a potential flood of cheap foreign steel being diverted from the U.S. market. The coalition, led by Sault Ste.

The Town of Parry Sound is expected to take ownership of a former Hydro One property in April as it progresses towards its goal of developing a much-needed industrial park.