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Laurentian University has announced the appointment of Dominic Giroux as its new president. The unanimous recommendation of the search committee was endorsed by the university’s Senate and approved by the Board of Governors.

A new government program is offering businesses and organizations a chance to tap into a vast pool of bright young minds to help innovation-minded companies further their R&D goals.

Editor’s note: following is a letter to employees by Mick Davis, chief executive, Xstrata. On February 9, Xstrata announced a restructuring of its Sudbury operations, putting 686 employees out of work.

Two more Northern Ontario champions of industry have been inducted into Sudbury’s mining supply hall of fame, recognizing their hard work and leadership.

Research being carried out by the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for the Commercialization of Mining Technologies and Services hopes to shed light on some of the challenges preventing the Canadian mining supply and service sector from reaching i

Announced at the 2008 symposium in Reno, Nevada by the Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers underground ventilation committee, it is expected to draw an extensive international presence from June 13 to 17.

The Goodyear Canada Inc. OTR Tire Centre in North Bay is moving into a new 80,000-square foot manufacturing facility in the city’s Gateway Industrial Park.

Mining and exploration companies with hundreds or thousands of claims don’t have to worry anymore about keeping track of their expiry dates. A new, online expiry notification service offered by Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc.

The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines’ (MNDM) new Aboriginal Affairs Unit, established last summer, is gearing up to help mining companies and First Nations come to terms on mineral development activities on traditional lands.

One hundred years ago this month, a group of eight men led by a restless railway construction foreman from Mattawa, Ontario, hiked and paddled their way into the then pristine wilderness of the Porcupine, intent on striking it rich.