Business

Municipality of Wawa Celebrates 2025 Economic Development Week – May 11-17

The Municipality of Wawa is proud to announce its participation in the 2025 Economic Development Week, a global initiative led by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and celebrated by the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO). Taking place from May 11-17, 2025, the week recognizes and thanks the dedicated work of economic developers and community champions positive contributions to ...

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Red Pine Commences Focused Surface Drilling Program to Assess Potential for Near-Term, Open Pit Production

Red Pine Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that it is evaluating the potential of developing an early-stage open pit operation at its Wawa Gold Project, Ontario. Management has initiated a review to assess the viability of near-term, open pit production in the current high-gold price environment, in parallel with its exploration program testing the Jubilee Shear at depth beyond ...

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Angus Gold Announces Cancellation of Underlying Royalty on the Golden Sky Project

Angus Gold Inc. is pleased to announce the cancellation of a 2% Net Smelter Royalty (“NSR”) pursuant to a buyback purchase from IAMGOLD Corporation. The NSR was applicable to the Mishi Property located in Wawa, Ontario which was acquired under an option with IAMGOLD Corporation and is 100% owned by Angus. The royalty covered approximately one-third of the Golden Sky ...

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Have Your Say – 2025 Northeastern Ontario Employer Survey Now Open

The Northeastern Ontario 2025 Employee Recruitment, Training and Retention Survey is now open and seeking input from businesses and organizations across the region. This initiative is designed to collect valuable information on the opportunities and challenges employers are facing related to workforce recruitment, training, and retention. The Northeastern Ontario 2025 Employee Recruitment, Training and Retention Survey is a partnership initiative ...

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Funding Announced to Protect Workers from Invisible Health Hazards

During the 27th annual Mining Health and Safety Conference at Science North, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) announced $6.78 million in funding to protect people in Ontario’s natural resources sectors.   In a strategic, province-wide collaboration, the WSIB has partnered with Workplace Safety North (WSN) and the Institute for Work and Health (IWH) to lead a proactive campaign ...

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Mine rescue volunteers set to compete in May

Ontario’s mine rescue teams are once again facing off in the 2025 Ontario Mine Rescue District Competition running May 7th to 9th. In five different arenas across the province, these specialized volunteers have a new chance to demonstrate their emergency response capabilities.   Headed by industry professionals at Ontario Mine Rescue (OMR), teams of mine rescue volunteers end their rigorous ...

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L’Ontario met l’accent sur l’amélioration des sentiers de motoneige dans le Nord

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario, par l’intermédiaire de la Société de gestion du Fonds du patrimoine du Nord de l’Ontario accorde une subvention de plus de 553 000$ à la Fédération des clubs de motoneige de l’Ontario (FCMO) pour améliorer les sentiers de motoneige dans le Nord de l’Ontario. Cet investissement dans les infrastructures locales servira à stimuler la croissance économique, à ...

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Ontario Enhancing Snowmobile Trails in the North

The Ontario government is providing more than $553,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs to improve snowmobile trails throughout Northern Ontario. This investment in local infrastructure will help boost economic growth, encourage tourism and improve quality of life through recreational opportunities. “With over 30,000 kilometres of trails, more than 14,000 kilometres ...

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Wesdome Gold Mines to Acquire Angus Gold

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. and Angus Gold Inc. are pleased to jointly announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement whereby Wesdome will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Angus pursuant to a plan of arrangement. Under the terms of the Agreement, each of the issued and outstanding common shares of Angus that Wesdome ...

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Local Labour Market Planning Report 2025

Annually, Algoma Workforce Investment Corporation (AWIC) publishes a Local Labour Market Planning report, which outlines key labour market trends in the region and presents our action plan for the upcoming year. This report combines both qualitative and quantitative methods, integrating data from Employment Ontario with analysis of emerging workforce trends and critical issues, while also gathering input from various stakeholders ...

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Hydro One officially joins northern Ontario partnership and expands its transmission ownership

Hydro One Limited has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hydro One Networks Inc., has completed the acquisition of an approximately 48 per cent interest in the East-West Tie Limited Partnership. The partnership owns the East-West Tie Line, a 450-kilometre, 230-kilovolt double-circuit transmission line, regulated by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), spanning between Wawa and Thunder Bay, along the north shore ...

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SADCSE Sommaire d’affaires de 2024

La Société d’aide au développement des collectivités de Supérieur Est (SADCSE) est un organisme à but non lucratif qui offre des services en développement économique aux petites entreprises et à la communauté régionale dans la région Supérieur Est.   En 2024, la SADCSE a accordé une somme de 803 556$ en prêts locaux et régionaux. Ces prêts ont eu un ...

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SECFDC Business Summary for 2024

The Superior East Community Futures Development Corporation (SECFDC) is a non-profit organization offering small business and regional community economic development services to the Superior East region.  It is led by a volunteer Board of Directors consisting of individuals that reside throughout the Superior East region.   For the 2024 year the Superior East CFDC approved a grand total of $803,556 ...

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