Around the North

A private member's bill to repeal the Far North Act was defeated March 22 in the Ontario Legislature.

A Sault College graduate is the recipient of one of the country's highest academic award, bestowed March 20 at the college's annual Scholarship, Bursaries and Awards (SBA) event.

Applications are being accepted for the spring session of the Strategic One-on-One Export Marketing Assistance Program for mining supply and services companies in Northern Ontario.

The Township of Moonbeam's waterfront development project is getting a FedNor bounce. Funding of $325,000 will go toward infrastructure development at Remi Lake.

Ottawa is spending $250,000 for a new snowplow and upgraded approach lights at the Red Lake airport. The money is coming through the Airports Capital Assistance Program.

KWG Resources and Cliffs Natural Resources hope to have a date soon with Ontario's mining commissioner to settle a dispute over a Ring of Fire transportation corridor.

Noront Resources said a new mineral estimate has tripled the resources for its Blackbird chromite deposit in the Ring of Fire. The measured resource is 9.3 million tonnes average 37.44 per cent chrome ore and an indicated resource of 11.

Rubicon Minerals reports it is now fully permitted to operate its Phoenix Gold project in Red Lake.

Treasury Metals is adding three new players to its development team roster in northwestern Ontario. The Toronto gold explorer is currently updating its preliminary economic assessment of its Goliath gold project, 20 kilometres east of Dryden.

Greater Sudbury's Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation has received $1.5 million to go towards loans, equity and loan guarantees for small and medium-sized businesses.