Around the North

Geotech Ltd., a geophysical airborne survey company whose spinoff company, Geotech Aviation, has an office in Sudbury, has acquired Aeroquest International Ltd.

The Municipality of French River has received federal funding that will allow it to explore economic development opportunities in the community, located just south of Sudbury.

Five First Nation communities in Ontario will receive $2.3 million in funding for economic development opportunities in their communities.

Ten minutes of face time with Premier Dalton McGuinty is not enough for Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) chiefs to air their grievances on natural resources development in the Far North.

One of the Sudbury's development officers is being credited for convincing Cliffs Natural Resources to place its coveted ferrochrome furnaces in the city.

A sunken barge could alter the City of Thunder Bay's plans for the next phase of waterfront redevelopment at Prince Arthur's Landing.

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) wants all of Northern Ontario to benefit from the Ring of Fire.

Municipally-owned facilities across the North are flying their flags at half mast to express opposition to the provincial government's plan to divest the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC).

Sudbury will host Supply Ontario, a reverse trade show put on by the Ministry of Government Services, on May 24.

Though disappointed that northwestern Ontario didn't land the prized ferrochrome furnace to process Ring of Fire ore, the region's municipal leadership said communities must be ready to turn the page.