Around the North

The late René Fontaine, a former Northern affairs and mines minister and mayor of Hearst, has been posthumously recognized with an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University.

Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci said Ontario has updated a memorandum of co-operation (MOC) with the Webequie First Nation to advance discussions with the federal government to “fully participate” in the Ring of Fire.

Timmins gold digger Temex Resources named Greg Gibson and Ron Goldsack to its board of directors. Gibson is a 30-year mining veteran with previous stops as a mine manager in Timmins, British Columbia and Australia. He's worked for J.S.

Two Thunder Bay area businesses are receiving provincial grants from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. With $39,500 in hand, the Whitefish Roadhouse in Nolalu will be renovating and upgrading with new kitchen equipment and furnishings.

Priorities for the current term of Sudbury’s council include industrial lands, development opportunities such as Cliffs Natural Resources’ ferrochrome facility and minimizing red tape for businesses.

Sault Ste. Marie firm Lucidia and its client, Community First Credit Union, has been awarded a trio of national awards by the Marketing Association for Credit Unions.

EllisDon Corporation has donated $25,000 to Sault College’s Inspiring Growth capital campaign to modernize campus facilities.

Sudbury’s Laurentian University is hosting students from Gujarat Technological University in India as part of an International Global Experience Program between the two educational institutions.

Bestech is supporting Sudbury students by hosting 13 co-op placement students and giving out $1,400 in graduation bursaries.

Union Gas said construction is underway on the second phase of a pipeline project to deliver natural gas service to the Red Lake area. The first phase, which began last year, was to serve Goldcorp's mine complex.