Around the North

A host of new faces have joined Collège Boréal in Sudbury.

The Sault Ste. Marie Airport has received $475,000 from the federal government to go towards business development. Funding will be used to extend water, sewage, and electrical services at the Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corp.

The City of Greater Sudbury has received FedNor funding that will allow the city to hire a youth intern to work as a junior business officer.

Initial results from Pele Mountain Resources' core resampling program at Eco Ridge Mine Rare Earths and Uranium Project have revealed extended rare earth oxide mineralization with one drill hole revealing more than 140 metres of continuous mineraliza

Serviceprobe Ltd. has moved into the business incubator at the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre. The company provides exclusive training solutions designed to meet the unique needs of the health-care sector and other service industries.

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre's Community Geomatics Centre has established a new mechanism for identifying people who might be vulnerable during emergency situations.

Merlin Dewing, Sioux Lookout's chief administrative officer, has resigned, effectively immediately. In an Oct.

A number of Northern Ontario companies and operators were recognized for being among the best in their field nationally. In Sault Ste. Marie, the Quality Inn and Suites Bay Front received a Choice Hotel Canada APEX Award for 2011.

FedNor Minister Tony Clement made the financial rounds across the region in October delivering federal economic development dollars.

A newly elected Ontario minority government means a slimmed down cabinet. Premier Dalton McGuinty went to two steady and experienced Northern MPPs in reassigning them to crucial cabinet positions for this region.