A local mine technician placed second at Ontario Mine Rescue's recent provincial championship.
The Alamos Gold Island Gold Mine team had earned a berth in the Thunder Bay event after winning the Algoma competition last month, with fellow Alamos Island Gold worker Kyle Ouellette the winning technician in that competition, and - while the team itself did not come in first, topped by a team from Agnico Eagle's Macassa Mine, with Lake Shore Gold Timmins West Bell Creek Mines the runner-up - Ouellette did come in second in the individual technician competition, after Dan Rioux of Glencore Sudbury INO Fraser and Nickel Rim South Mines.