Around the North

The Sudbury Airport Community Development Corp. (SACDC) has appointed new directors to its board, following the resignation of two of its members.

Liberty Mines has suspended its Timmins operations due to a low nickel price and will move to a care and maintenance mode until base metals prices improve and production becomes economically viable.

Mining is set to boom in northwestern Ontario in a big, big way.

Pedersen Contracting of New Liskeard was awarded a provincial contract to realign a two-km section of Highway 65 near Elk Lake in northeastern Ontario. The contract is valued at $1.4 million.

Effective Oct. 1, Porter Airlines is adding a fourth daily flight between Sault Ste. Marie and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport . “Sault Ste.

Northern Ontario First Nation leaders are pushing the pace with Queen's Park to accelerate talks on natural resources revenue sharing.

Unions at the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission 's (ONTC) want a public inquiry into provincial mismanagement of the Crown agency's employee pension fund.

Bot Construction Group of Oakville has landed the contract to four-lane a section of Highway 69. The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines said the nine-kilometre stretch between Highway 64 and Murdock River will create as many as 570 jobs.

Control of the Algo Centre Mall has been transferred to the property owner, Eastwood Mall Inc., and insurance carrier Zurich Insurance Group Inc. following the collection of evidence by the Ministry of Labour .

Oakville-headquartered Bot Construction has been awarded a contract to four-lane nine km of Highway 69 between Highway 64 and Murdock River. The work is expected to create up to 570 jobs.