Around the North

Anything is possible! That is the message northern business leaders as guest speakers will be sending out to delegates during this year's Northern Ontario Business Awards (NOBA) conference.

On Jan. 1, 2003 smokers in Dryden will be greeted with the implementation of the city's anti-smoking bylaw.

Anything is possible! That is the message northern business leaders as guest speakers will be sending out to delegates during this year's Northern Ontario Business Awards (NOBA) conference.

Lakehead University’s paleo-DNA lab has signed a deal with Markham-based Vita-Tech Laboratories to share services over the next two years.

The City of Greater Sudbury is one of four communities in Ontario selected to host the 2002 Ontario Global Traders Awards regional ceremonies.

Thunder Bay city council approved a water-supply agreement with a local developer who plans to build three nine-hole golf courses. There are also plans for 300 residential units in the project.

Hoping to reshape the image of Sudbury's vacancy-plagued City Centre mall, the new owner Vista Hospitality has branded the building as the Rainbow Outlet Centre, intending to attract a new mix of tenants by offering brand name and manufactur

A 128-bed long-term care facility providing 150 jobs opened in Sudbury in early September. The $8-million for-profit Elizabeth Centre in Valley East is owned by Erna Baniulis and Alexander Jarlette, who operate 12 other nursing homes in Ontario.

The Cambrian College Alumni Association is seeking nominations of Cambrian graduates for the 2002 Premier's Awards.

Norampac Inc. was fined $75,000 in August for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that resulted in injuries to a plant employee at the company's liner paper mill in Red Rock, Ont. last December.