Ian Ross

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Ian Ross

Under the right conditions, $3 billion in capacity-building funding from Queen’s Park would be welcomed by First Nations, said Wabun Tribal Council executive director Jason Batise, “but in this case, the nations can’t be bought that way.” While the Ford government’s messaging this week — to triple funding through the Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program and expand the eligibility to include critical minerals, energy and pipeline development — was intended to be a positive one, the...

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

Under the right conditions, $3 billion in capacity-building funding from Queen’s Park would be welcomed by First Nations, said Wabun Tribal Council executive director Jason Batise, “but in this case, the nations can’t be bought that way.” While the Ford government’s messaging this week — to triple funding through the Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program and expand the eligibility to include critical minerals, energy and pipeline development — was intended to be a positive one, the...

3 weeks ago | pinolaphoto.com | Ian Ross

The problem with this mural was that it was so big it was hard to find a way to show it off. The wide view gets the whole thing in the photo, but you don’t get as much of the details. I always try and find one photo to tell the story of these things, but this mural dictated that it would take a couple to do that. So for this post you get three photos showing this mural off a bit. Last week we spent the mornings in Rensselaer looking at some of the murals in town.

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

Vancouver’s Orla Mining is delivering as originally advertised when it comes to investing and rebuilding in its latest catch at the Musselwhite Mine. The upstart mid-tier gold company is investing $115 million into the remote northwestern Ontario underground operation to plunk into mine development, procure new equipment, and launch an aggressive round of exploration drilling this year.

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

How keen are Ottawa and Queen’s Park in working together to accelerate the approvals process that puts more mines into production? McEwen Mining will find out in the months to come. The Toronto gold company has high hopes for its Grey Fox deposit, east of Timmins, which CEO Rob McEwen called a “cornerstone asset for us for years to come,” in a May 7 news release.