Around the North

A provincial reviewer recommends not making any changes to a unique piece of taxation legislation that favours the Town of Marathon over the Township of Manitouwadge. Three Hemlo gold mines are required to pay about $2.

Startup of two remaining machines at Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill in Kenora is slated to take place Sept. 15.

Aboriginal people in northwestern Ontario are already preparing to compete for jobs at Weyerhaeuser Co. Ltd.'s Trus Joist engineered lumber plant in Kenora, even though the plant's opening is still many months away.

The City of Kenora is receiving a $5-million injection from FedNor to assist in servicing two new industrial parks.

Local companies in the Kenora area did not pass the pre-qualification stage in a multimillion-dollar sewer and water project. Earlier this year, the city hired engineering company UMA as consultants on the $25.5-million project.

Town officials in Iroquois Falls are confident an agreement can still be reached between unionized workers and Abitibi Consolidated Inc. to keep the mill's No. 1 paper machine running.

Relief swept the town of Iroquois Falls when Abitibi-Consolidated secured a deal with its unionized workforce to keep the No. 1 paper machine running.

The provincial government announced a proposal in July to charge companies for each tonne of hazardous waste they produce.

Construction is underway on the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility in Fort Frances. The new facility, slated for completion by the end of the year, is being built to accommodate more traffic across the border.

Businesses in Fort Frances are reporting mixed numbers in terms of visitors from the United States. While some say the number of American visitors has dropped dramatically since last summer, others believe the numbers are on par with 2000.