The Ontario government's made a series of major announcements in the North in recent days.
Premier Doug Ford made a stop in Sault Ste. Marie on Friday to announce support for Algoma Steel through the revamped Northern Energy Advantage Program, and on Sunday revealed a $75-million plan for the revival of the Northlander passenger train, which would have sixteen stops from Toronto to Cochrane - a newly-announced extension from the original Timmins end-of-line, allowing connection to the Polar Bear Express from Cochrane to Moosonee.
More local announcements were made earlier today, with Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources, and Forestry Minister Greg Rickford explaining the first event - alongside Energy Minister Todd Smith - was celebrating the completion of a major project.
The 450-kilometre line from Wawa to Thunder Bay is mainly meant to support northwestern communities, but Rickford says it will support this region, too.
Rickford also explains he - and Minister Smith - made another announcement in town this morning, supporting a new OSB plant, calling it "a great day for Wawa".
While that funding - over four years - is conditional on certain key project milestones, though Minister Rickford says it's not regulatory.
Rickford does say the government's "confident" the milestones will be achieved and a "significant expansion" will happen, with Minister Smith suggesting Wawa OSB will benefit from special electricity rates for large Northern industrial customers.
The ministers were also in attendance for Alamos Gold's official groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion to its Island Gold Mine, which Rickford also touts.
Rickford touts Northern Ontario as "a destination and a starting point for so many resource products", adding the government wants to ensure communities are in "the best position possible to experience that growth and that prosperity".