Around the North

Results from an Operation Treasure Hunt survey in the Stormy Lake-Dryden area have identified interesting exploration targets for prospectors and industry to follow up on. The survey was conducted by Fugro Airborne Surveys Corp.

North Bay has been selected as the host city for National Transportation Day 2002, the launch event for National Transportation Week. The event will feature a conference to be held at the Clarion Pinewood Park Resort on May 31.

Temagami Forest Products Ltd. recently received conditional approval from the Ministry of Natural Resources to build a white birch sawmill in Temagami.

FedNor has contributed $25,000 to the Greenstone Economic Development Corp.

The Operation Treasure Hunt program has released results of a geological lake sediment survey outlining 20 areas where significant geochemical anomalies occur in the Sioux Lookout-Bamaji Lake region, 300 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay.

The workforce at Voyageur Airways, based at the Aerospace Centre in North Bay, is expected to expand to 260 over the next few months as a result of a $1-million expansion.

Nine health-care facilities will be upgrading their facilities and equipment thanks to a $598,758 investment through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

Though the slopes at the Searchmont Resort north of Sault Ste. Marie were bare in early December, early figures for season passes and accommodation bookings were shaping up to be better than last winter's figures.

Sault Ste. Marie's Innovation Centre may approach the city for help in paying a $325,000 consultant's bill from EDS Canada.

Sault College and Bell Canada officials opened a $325,000-training centre in late November. The centre is located in the downtown Bell building and classes for the seven-week customer service/call centre representative training program began Nov. 26.