Thunder Bay Feature
Thunder Bay steps into advanced manufacturingTyler Bragnalo loves to take someone’s
idea and turn it into reality. The president of Kam Valley Industries
and the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre are teaming up to
establish an advanced manufacturing lab in Thunder Bay this fall.“I'm super excited about it,” said
Bragnalo, “personally, because I'm going to have really expensive
high-tech toys to play with.” The lab’s centrepiece arrives
sometime in May in the form of a high-precision mill-turning centre,
more precisely known as...
Thunder Bay News
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 city's waterfront manager, had worked with contractors, designers and developers in ...
Thunder Bay contractor teams up with Quebec drillerA Thunder Bay contractor has hooked up with one of Canada’s premier drilling companies to establish a presence in northwestern Ontario.Val d’Or, Quebec-based Orbit Garant Drilling announced March 27 that it had struck a strategic partnership with George Contracting Group.“They’re a very young and a...
Thunder Bay releases mining strategy to capitalize on new economyThunder Bay is mining ready.The municipality, its economic development commission and Fort William First Nation released their mining readiness strategy to serve as their game plan to prepare the communities for the monumental economic spinoffs expected to come their way.A 398-page document, entitl...
Thunder Bay's north core sees reinvestment A new loft condominium development in
Thunder Bay's north core is taking shape as part of a larger urban
movement to lure people back downtown.Superior Lofts, a Toronto-based
developer, is renovating a former Cumberland Street bar into high-end
living and business space offering views of the ha...
Thunder Bay Community Profile
| Quick Facts | 2012 Municipal Tax Rate |
Population: 121,596 Location: 70 km from the Minnesota border |
Commercial occupied: 0.04694259 Industrial occupied: 0.05533678 |
| Target Growth Areas | Real Estate |
Health Sciences Information technology Mining |
Average cost of a four-bedroom home: 193,000 |
| Developments for 2013 | Top 5 Employers |
Waterfront Mining Sector
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Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre: 2,694 Lakehead University: 2,100 Lakehead District School Board: 2,200 St. Joseph's Care Group: 1,700 Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board: 1,500 City of Thunder Bay: 1,855 |
