Around the North

The Township of Ignace is lobbying the Ontario government to keep a Ministry of Natural Resources area office open. In an Aug.

The province has created the Northern Policy Institute, an initiative of the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario designed to provide Northerners with more input into government decisions that affect the North.

Algoma University ’s Bioscience and Technology Convergence Centre has been renamed to honour one of the school’s most generous benefactors.

The former White Mountain Academy of the Arts in Elliot Lake is being renovated into a temporary site for the city’s public library and community and government services. Through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

SGS Minerals Services is announcing the opening of its new geochemistry lab in Cochrane. In an Aug. 30 statement, the international assay company said the commercial geochemistry lab is now receiving samples.

Unions at the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) have discovered that the marching orders of a government-appointed special board, tasked with dismantling the Crown agency, is to stage a “fire sale” of all the assets and business unit

Confederation College in Thunder Bay received almost a half-million dollars from a forestry innovation organization to develop a bio-energy learning facility.

A group of 15 Brazilian science students will study at Algoma University during the upcoming year as part of the Science Without Borders exchange program. The program is administered by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE).

Sudbury ’s growing reputation as a filming hotspot for the entertainment industry has extended to include Collège Boréal , where a Canadian production is being filmed this month.

The City of Timmins and Northern Ontario Business will be rolling out the red carpet on October 4th, to meet and greet the best and brightest risks takers and success stories across the region.