Elliot Lake & North Shore

Nine recipients are lauded for excellence in business

Project remains ‘uneconomic’ due to low uranium and rare earths prices

Jim Hobbs, diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2001, motivated his daughter to start the project in 2015.

Robert Wood had been facing criminal charges stemming from the 2012 event in which two people died and several others were injured.

The move comes following agreement with City of Elliot Lake last September.

Robert Wood's lawyer pointed to expert testimony that leaking at the Algo Centre Mall had been going on for years, and charged that its latest owner had received a $2-million discount for buying it 'as is.'

The larger terminal, which sits on 1.8 acres, replaces an older facility in the city.

Robert Wood, who is currently on trial in connection with two deaths following the collapse of a mall roof in Elliot Lake, says he made a judgement call during a 2012 inspection just weeks before the incident.

A number of initiatives are planned in 2017 to continue the work of the McIntyre Powder Project, which aims to document the work and health histories of miners who were exposed to aluminum powder while working in mines in Northern Ontario.

Robert Wood began testifying Tuesday in his trial on criminal charges following the 2012 collapse of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake.