Around the North

Greater Sudbury has hired Tony Cecutti as its new general manager of infrastructure services, effective Aug. 7. Cecutti replaces Greg Clausen, who retires from the position after nearly three decades of municipal service.

The Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre in Thunder Bay announced it has been selected the join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a network partner.

Seven Timmins and Hearst area businesses received Northern Ontario Heritage Fund money this week. The biggest cheque of $125,000 went to the East End Roadhouse restaurant in South Porcupine. Immeubles P K Buildings Inc.

Historic prospectors Jack Wilson, Sandy McIntyre and Benny Hollinger will soon have a permanent home in front of the Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre .

Aecon has been awarded an $85-million contract for site preparation and foundation construction for Vale’s Clean Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) project in Sudbury .

Essar Steel Algoma has made a $35,000 donation to the Sault Ste. Marie Library to help furnish, equip and stock a new branch. The facility’s multi-purpose room will be named the Essar Community Room in recognition of the company’s contribution.

Wallbridge Mining expects a pre-feasibility study on its Sudbury -area Broken Hammer copper-PGE property to be completed in the third quarter of 2012, according to a new mid-year exploration update.

Lac Seul First Nation is the first Ontario community to receive an enhanced forest resource licence to harvest and manage its local forest.

The Canada-Ontario Invasive Species Centre at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC) in Sault Ste. Marie officially opened July 31.

The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) is calling on the provincial government to immediately suspend commercial gill net walleye fishing on Lake Nipissing.