The prospect of a road into the resource-rich Ring of Fire area in northern Ontario has been on the drawing board for 15 years, but the project appears to finally have some legs as the Conservative government is partnering with two First Nations communities to move a northern link of the project along. “We’re working with First Nations partners to move this project forward and build legacy infrastructure that will bring economic prosperity to the region,†Energy, Northern Development and Mines Minister Greg Rickford said in a statement to Daily Commercial News.
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