Northern College is getting about $2.1-million in capital funding from the province.
MPP Norm Miller announced the grant Wednesday, on behalf of colleges and universities minister Ross Romano. Almost $270,000 is from the equipment renewal fund.
“Some of this funding will be spent on new welding equipment for a robotic welding cell,” said Miller. “ And welders are in high demand in Northern Ontario so I’m pleased to see this investment in the welding program.”
Some of the money also goes to Northern’s veterinary program.
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Northern’s vice-president of corporate services, Mitch Dumas says part of money for facilities renewal will go a long way for infrastructure improvements.
“We plan on completing necessary roofing updates at our Timmins campus and allocating a large portion, roughly 60% of the funds to our Kirkland Lake campus in order to complete some exterior upgrades to the campus brick façade.”
