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Long-time customer Elwood Smith orders lunch from Oddballs Restaurant owner Ruth Squires.
New four-lane highway bypasses Estaire

New four-lane highway bypasses Estaire Oddballs Restaurantis still open despite the loss of traffic Patrick Demers The remains of the old two-lane Hwy. 69 from Sudbury to Estaire is anything but busy these days. The new alignment has successfully redirected traffic around Estaire, and no longer through i

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5th Wheel Training Institute provides variety of programs
5th Wheel Training Institute provides variety of programs New chance for second career Liz Cowan For founding owners Yvan Chartrand and Louise Philbin, 5th Wheel Training Institute was born out of necessity. The couple started their own trucking company in New Liskeard with one vehicle in the mid-1980s
New four-lane highway bypasses Estaire
New four-lane highway bypasses Estaire Oddballs Restaurantis still open despite the loss of traffic Patrick Demers The remains of the old two-lane Hwy. 69 from Sudbury to Estaire is anything but busy these days. The new alignment has successfully redirected traffic around Estaire, and no longer through i
Porter wings into the Sault
Porter wings into the Sault Ian Ross Add Sault Ste. Marie to Porter Airlines’ ever-expanding list of destinations. Robert Deluce, president and CEO of the Toronto-based regional air carrier is making good on his 2006 commitment to return to his Northern Ontario roots. His executive class airline no
Budd baggage car ready for peak season
Budd baggage car ready for peak season VIA Rail’s newly rebuilt Budd cars will present a more efficient, environmentally and user-friendly accessible train Adelle Larmour Keep an eye on VIA Rail’s line for the newly-refurbished Budd baggage car, expected to arrive sometime in May 2011. Three of the world
• Air charter service looking to finalize a deal to provide air transportation to communities.
• Sudbury airport plans to attract investment
• North Bay make moves to grow aerospace business
• Confederation College on track with railway conductors program
• Repairs coming for short-line railroad
• Port of Thunder Bay developing two-way traffic
• Bearskin Airlines receives philanthropy award
• New lease on life for northeastern Ontario short-line railroad
• Feds finally cough up $15 million for short-line railway
• Bearskin Airlines sells for $32.5 million


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