Around the North

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and the Anishinabek Nation have united in their opposition to the storage of nuclear waste in Northern Ontario.

The Ontario government said its focus on job creation and economic growth “is working” with 121,000 new jobs created in 2011.

The City of Thunder Bay plans to be shovel-ready with its proposed Event Centre for the next round of federal P3 infrastructure funding.

Plans for Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. in 2012 include advancing its Broken Hammer copper-platinum group element (PGE) project through feasibility and completing over 15,000 metres of exploration diamond drilling on its Sudbury area projects.

Porter Airlines posted a record 2.1 million passengers in 2011. Those year-round numbers included a December load factor of 63.9 per cent, about 1.5 points higher than during the same month the previous year.

A northeastern Ontario First Nation won its injunction fight in Ontario Superior Court against a junior miner that was conducting unapproved exploration drilling on its traditional territory. In a decision released Jan.

Queenston Mining has appointed Philip Ng as its chief operating officer.

Finding ways to access capital for your company and gain global visibility through a Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange listing will be topic of a panel discussion at a Jan. 17 Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce event.

Timmins' second annual Young Professionals Awards gala is set for the Porcupine Dante Club, Feb. 15. Tickets are $30 plus HST or $240 plus HST for a table of eight.

Ring of Fire junior miner, KWG Resources announced it's raised $1.75 million through flow-through shares to help pay for exploration at its high grade chromium project in the James Bay lowlands. In a Dec.