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City planner left her mark on Thunder Bay
Katherine Dugmore, who guided Thunder Bay's award-winning waterfront revitalization project, through its most formative stages, died March 24.She was 50 and had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago.Dugmore, the ... more >>
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Northern companies to be featured at Toronto conference...
Posted: 5/23/2013 11:02:27 AMTwenty-one companies from northern communities will be part ...
Seedlings slated for planting in SudburyPosted: 5/22/2013 3:33:27 PMCN has donated 20,000 trees to be planted in the Sudbury com...
Fatal accident under investigation in SudburyPosted: 5/22/2013 12:15:39 PMThe Greater Sudbury Police Service and the Ministry of Labou...
Former Essar Algoma head featured in lecture seriesPosted: 5/22/2013 10:53:27 AMDenis Turcotte, the former head of Essar Steel Algoma Inc., ...
Vulnerable Persons Registry gets funding in SaultPosted: 5/21/2013 2:13:38 PMThe provincial government is providing $82,090 in funding fo...
K-L Gold ups the ounces Posted: 5/17/2013 2:57:47 PMKirkland Lake Gold reported higher gold production in its fo...
Graphite mine permitted to goPosted: 5/17/2013 2:55:59 PMOntario Graphite announced May 13 that the Ontario Ministry ...
Resolute sawmill marks 10-year anniversary Posted: 5/17/2013 3:00:51 PMThe Resolute Forest Product's sawmill in Thunder Bay marked ...
A FONOM-enal feel good event Posted: 5/17/2013 3:07:35 PMFederation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) reps r...
Sudbury chamber celebrates the best in businessPosted: 5/17/2013 2:24:02 PMAwards were handed awards during the 6th annual Bell Busines...
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Vermont enacts 1st U.S. law against patent trolling
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money.
TSX, Dow recover after Nikkei loses 7%Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.
EI claims trend lower for 5th straight monthThe number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance claims declined for the fifth consecutive month in March, dropping one per cent to 523,700.
TD Bank profit up 2% to $1.7BTD Bank Group says it had $1.723 billion in net income in its second quarter, up nearly two per cent from a year earlier.
Real estate site Zoocasa adds MLS listings, agent recommendationsZoocasa, an upstart real estate company owned by Rogers, has launched a revamped website that aims to compete with Realtor.ca by presenting MLS listings in a more user-friendly format and connecting clients with realtors from major agencies.
RCMP moving to freeze assets in widening SNC-Lavalin probeThe RCMP is moving to freeze millions of dollars in bank accounts and real estate holdings in Montreal and Florida as part of its expanding probe into Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.
