Stuck in stalemate Steelworkers vote “no” to new contract deal Northern Ontario Business staff Vale Inco spokesman Steve Ball says he is not surprised United Steelworkers Local 6500 voted 88.7 per cent “no” on March 11 to a five year contract that would send employees back to work. “We are disappointed, but not

New Sault solar panel operator has Spanish connection Ian Ross Sault Ste. Marie is entering the North American solar panel supply chain market in a big way using some leading-edge European-style technology. Heliene Canada Inc., a start-up solar module company, is quickly moving to set up a manufacturing plant

Turning waste into bio-value Pilot plant to grow microalgae on mining lands Nick Stewart Northern Ontario mining lands may one day also serve as active producers of microalgae for biofuel and health-industry biochemicals, if researchers from Laurentian University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine have t

First Nations prosper through energy projects Moose Cree First Nation, Wabun Tribal Council see hydro-related success Ian Ross The Moose Cree First Nation have hit upon the secret to true independence. The community is shaking out the final details of a $2.5 million landmark deal struck with Ontario Power Gener

A politician who kept his promise North Bay’s Vic Fedeli gives up the mayor’s chair this fall Ian Ross Vic Fedeli had no intention of being North Bay’s mayor-for-life. He has made good on one of his first promises when elected mayor of the Gateway City in 2003, that he was a two-term guy. After seven years in