Thunder Bay

The Operation Treasure Hunt program has released results of a geological lake sediment survey outlining 20 areas where significant geochemical anomalies occur in the Sioux Lookout-Bamaji Lake region, 300 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay.

By Ian Ross A new $5.3-million Canada Customs and Immigration inspection facility financed by two forest products companies in the Fort Frances area will be open to vehicle traffic this winter.

Officials with the City of Dryden anticipate a busy year for the construction industry next year, and into consecutive years, as major projects head into development stages.

Results from an Operation Treasure Hunt survey in the Stormy Lake-Dryden area have identified interesting exploration targets for prospectors and industry to follow up on. The survey was conducted by Fugro Airborne Surveys Corp.

The 28 per cent decline in aircraft and passenger traffic at Dryden Regional Airport in October from the same month in 2000 is being attributed to the pulling out of Calm Air.

Bearskin Airlines has reopened a route west for travellers flying to Winnipeg. Beginning Oct. 15, daily flights resumed from Dryden Regional Airport to Winnipeg International Airport.

Tourist operators and forest companies in the Dryden area are joining together to create a resource stewardship agreement to avoid any friction in the future in the use of the forest.

Abitibi-Consolidated Ltd.'s Kenora mill is preparing a temporary shutdown in December. The company has decided to shutdown the mill for a period of two to four weeks as part of an inventory control program, company officials say.

Grand Council Treaty 3 leaders have given their approval to the construction of Weyerhaeuser's $250-million Trus-Joist timber strand mill for Kenora, contingent on some conditions being met.

A burgeoning debt load faced by the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association (NORA) means the agency will hand over their largely inefficient collection system to a private contractor.