Around the North

Cambrian College in Sudbury is introducing a new information systems business analyst program to address a shortage in the industry.

SIS Manufacturing of Sault Ste. Marie is undergoing a $2.4-million expansion, thanks in part to $1 million in funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC).

A pair of Cambrian students brought home hardware from this year’s Ontario Technological Skills Competition.

Ten businesses in the North will receive funds from the Northern Energy Program, an initiative of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC), to retrofit their energy systems with renewable energy technologies.

Kirkland Lake Gold could restart operations as early as May 31 after spring forest fires damaged the power line feeding its mill and three-shaft mine complex in northeastern Ontario.

Vale is sponsoring a photography exhibit about the LaCloche Mountains a year after the company agreed not to mine portions of the mountain range.

SNOLAB, an extension of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), officially opened its underground facility May 17.

Pele Mountain Resources has divested itself of one of two Highland Gold projects, located along the Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, with plans to focus on its Elliot Lake project. A second divestiture is forthcoming. The sale to Prodigy Gold Inc.

Full accreditation has been renewed for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s (NOSM) Continuing Education and Professional Development (CEPD) program for another five years.

Fourth-year students in Laurentian University’s mechanical engineering program are preparing to defend their title at the 2012 NASA Lunabotics Competition, being held May 21-26 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.