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None of them are in Northwestern Ontario. \u201cI think my role is to make sure that there are northern Ontario projects that are on the list,\u201d Hajdu told Newswatch. \u201cUltimately, I think everybody is interested in seeing the Ring of Fire move forward,\u201d she said, referring to mineral-rich lands where Australia-headquartered Wyloo wants to tap its Eagle\u2019s Nest deposit. \u201cI think the Ring of Fire has&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F11%2F16%2Ftheres-work-to-be-done-before-ring-of-fire-gets-a-spot-on-major-projects-list-hajdu%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY \u2014 There\u2019s work to be done before a project in the Ring of Fire could be added to the federal Major Projects Office\u2019s list, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Friday. 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None of them are in Northwestern Ontario. \u201cI think my role is to make sure that there are northern Ontario projects that are on the list,\u201d Hajdu told Newswatch. \u201cUltimately, I think everybody is interested in seeing the Ring of Fire move forward,\u201d she said, referring to mineral-rich lands where Australia-headquartered Wyloo wants to tap its Eagle\u2019s Nest deposit. \u201cI think the Ring of Fire has... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F11%2F16%2Ftheres-work-to-be-done-before-ring-of-fire-gets-a-spot-on-major-projects-list-hajdu%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>There&#039;s work to be done before Ring of Fire gets a spot on Major Projects list: Hajdu - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/16\/theres-work-to-be-done-before-ring-of-fire-gets-a-spot-on-major-projects-list-hajdu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"There&#039;s work to be done before Ring of Fire gets a spot on Major Projects list: Hajdu - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source THUNDER BAY \u2014 There\u2019s work to be done before a project in the Ring of Fire could be added to the federal Major Projects Office\u2019s list, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Friday. 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