Around the North

Solid Gold Resources is challenging a Superior Court of Ontario ruling that halted its exploration program in northeastern Ontario. The Toronto-headquartered company said that it intends to appeal Justice Carol Brown's Jan.

Construction of the vital winter roads network, connecting remote First Nation communities, is in full swing. The province is chipping in more than $4.

Seine River First Nation is receiving funding from the province's Northern Communities Investment Readiness initiative. The Jan.

North American Palladium (NAP) said finishing the expansion at the Lac des Iles mine (LDI) is a priority for the Toronto-based miner. In a Jan.

FedNor Minister Tony Clement stepped off the inaugural flight of Porter Airlines to Timmins with $500,000 cheque in hand to extend municipal water and sewer infrastructure to the city's west end.

Wallbridge Mining Company has entered into a joint venture with Lonmin PLC to back its exploration work in Sudbury. Lonmin has agreed to purchase 13,157,895 units of Wallbridge at a price of 19 cents per unit, based on an agreement reached Dec. 13.

Four Sault Ste. Marie organizations are the beneficiaries of recent FedNor funding announcements worth more than $540,000.

The sale of St. Marys Paper in Sault Ste. Marie could be complete by March 2, if approval for the sale is given this week as anticipated. In a Jan.

Laurentian University has chosen the founding director for its school of architecture. Terrance Galvin, a former director of the School of Architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, was the successful candidate.

Quadra FNX and Sagamok Anishnawbek have signed a memorandum of understanding in relation to the development of the Victoria Project in Sudbury, a day after announcing its 2011 fourth-quarter production numbers.