Sudbury

With sagging ridership and diminishing operating funds, regular schedule direct air service connecting Elliot Lake and Manitoulin Island to Toronto will end Aug. 2.

The Elliot Lake area is another step closer to becoming a world-class all-terrain vehicle (ATV) destination for tourists thanks to an Ontario government investment of $105,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

An eight-kilometre stretch of Municipal Road 35, which eventually becomes Highway 144, will receive $10 million worth of upgrades, jointly funded by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and the City of Greater Sudbury. Northland Engineering Ltd.

The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is expressing concern over the timelines set out for four-laning Highway 69.

A pilot project for developing and promoting ATV tourism includes plans to provide the framework for developing future all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trails in communities across Ontario. The announcement was made on Sept.

Home construction in the Sudbury market continued to sizzle in August, according to statistics released by the Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. The CMHC reported 34 new housing starts last month, more than double the units built during August 2001.

The City of Greater Sudbury has established the legal framework that will allow them to move forward in the development of a wind farm. Late last week city councillors signed a deal with Toronto's Northland Power Inc. and Repower Wind Corp.

The Industrial Accident Prevention Association is sponsoring a contractors workshop on Sept. 26.

By Gianni Ubriaco Situated on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, the Eshkawkogan Timber Co.

By Kelly Louiseize It has been a mixed bag for the tourism industry this summer as numbers start filtering in through business industries directly linked to the market.