Around the North

“A worker was killed at Vale's Coleman Mine in Sudbury on Sunday.

The Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) is teaming up with Lac Seul First Nation to promote micro loans to aspiring entrepreneurs in northwestern Ontario.

Ernst and Young was appointed the receiver for the bankrupt Terrace Bay Pulp in northwestern Ontario. The Buchanan Group mill, which shut down in the fall, is now under creditor protection. The property is up for sale.

First Nation chiefs and representatives from the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) will meet in Thunder Bay for a regional energy conference. The Valhalla Inn is the venue for the NAN Chiefs Energy Conference 2012.

Prodigy Gold is launching a 60,000-metre drilling program at its Magino Mine project in northeastern Ontario. In a Jan.

Nipigon's plan to revitalize its waterfront received a positive nudge with a $130,000 cheque from FedNor.

The board of directors for Collège Boréal has approved an investment of $3.8 million into its new Toronto campus, which is set to open next September.

Three members of Ursa Major Minerals' board of directors have resigned. Maura Lendon, Martez Moore and Riyaz Lalani were all appointed as directors this past year. The change follows a period of difficulty for the company's board.

After promising results from production in its fourth quarter of 2011, First Nickel is anticipating moving to commercial production by mid-2012.

Eacom Timber's is assessing downtime at its Timmins sawmill which was damaged by fire Jan. 22. The company's operations in the city employ about 500 people (mill and associated woodlands) and 120 mill employees will be affected by the downtime.