Around the North

Domtar Inc. reached a deal in early May with its striking workers to end a seven-month-old labour dispute by mill workers at its Nairn Centre operations near Sudbury. The pact was reached after a 100-hour bargaining session over five days in Toronto.

Plans to build a four-season trail bridge across the Vermilion River near Espanola received a $62,746 boost from FedNor. The 36-metre span is necessary to reroute an Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Club trail closer to Espanola and Nairn Centre.

The Sault's Bushplane Heritage Centre has been put on the block by the province. The Ontario Realty Corporation placed the historical plane museum on its list of properties up for sale.

The federal government is investing $1 million in a new aeromagnetic survey to cover a swath of northeastern Ontario believed to have high mineral potential.

RJK Explorations and Greater Lenora Resources have wrapped up their diamond-drill program on their Stares property near Thunder Bay.

Businesses can register online with both levels of government with the click of a mouse. The joint initiative between Ontario and the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) significantly reduces what used to take about six weeks to just 20 minutes.

Longlac's plywood and waferboard plant has joined the ranks of other forestry companies recognized for environmentally friendly manufacturing practices.

Quebec-based Atlas Copco Canada Inc. signed a letter of intent in April to purchase the product division of Layne/Christensen.

Low gold prices and continued efforts to maintain low production costs have resulted in the layoff of 12 administrative and technical management staff at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Hoyle Pond operations near Timmins.

Since residential taxes will be going up in the rural northwestern Ontario community of Oliver Paipoonge this year, the municipality has hired a consultant to help lure more companies to the town and share the tax load.