Around the North

Ursa Major Minerals has appointed two new directors to its board following the announcement of an agreement with Prophecy Platinum Corp. The appointees are John Lee, Prophecy chair and CEO, and Greg Hall, a director of Prophecy Coal Corp.

The head office of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLGC) will remain in Sault Ste. Marie, according to area MPP David Orazietti.

Two new contracts for the widening of Highway 69 are going to tender. One contract is for 11 kilometres between Highway 607 and and Highway 64 while the other is for nine kilomteres north of Highway 64.

After ten years at the helm of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), Avrim Lazar will be retiring.

Environmental groups are aligning against a junior miner's controversial gold exploration program on disputed land in northwestern Ontario.

Marathon Economic Development Corporation is receiving $100,000 from FedNor for two mining-related development initiatives.

FedNor is providing $50,000 to develop an economic development strategy for the East Algoma region. Participating communities include Plummer Additional and Johnson townships, Thessalon, Bruce Mines and the Municipality of Huron Shores.

The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) in Sudbury is introducing an innovation breakfast series, a spinoff of its technology breakfast series.

Collège Boréal in Sudbury has secured funding for health research for a collaborative project with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

A half-dozen Northern Ontario festivals have made the top 100 list of Festivals and Events in Ontario. According to Festivals and Events Ontario, festivals included on the list “represent festivals and events that excel within the industry.