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Sault targets cross-border tourists (6/02)

Sault Ste. Marie is attempting to capitalize on the value of American money, according to a spokesman for Sault Ste. Marie tourism. The Canadian Tourism Commission and the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership have provided Tourism Sault Ste.

Town council seeks revisions to environmental assessment process (6/02)

New Liskeard town council is asking for revisions to the province's environmental assessment process to assure Tri-Town area residents that the proposed development of a toxic waste incinerator in Kirkland Lake would not pose a health risk.

North Bay Airport feels aftermath of 9/11 (6/02)

A post-Sept. 11 decline in passenger traffic is being blamed for a $20,000-deficit and 1,700 fewer travellers at North Bay's Jack Garland Airport during the first quarter of 2002.

Air Base Property Corp. plans infrastructure upgrades (6/02)

North Bay's Air Base Property Corp. (ABPC) received a $900,000 grant from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund for infrastructure improvement and a new building lot. ABPC and its tenants will contribute $2.

Kinross merges, climbs ranking as global gold producer (6/02)

A recent merger has placed Kinross Gold Corp. in the rankings as the seventh-largest gold producer in the world. Kinross Gold Corp. announced a merger this week with TBX Gold and Echo Bay mines.

Gold deposit finds encourage junior company (6/02)

A Quebec junior exploration company is encouraged by recent results from gold exploration efforts near Matheson. Tom Exploration Inc.

Call centre industry tops list for 2001 job creation in North Bay (6/02)

North Bay's Regional Self Help Office recorded 676 new business name registrations last year and 1,160 jobs were tracked by the office as small-business growth.

Training underway at new strand lumber mill in Kenora (6/02)

Training for 170 new Weyerhaeuser Trus Joist employees began the first week of June at the Kenora Curling Club.

Association backs Elliot Lake in tax revenue claim (6/02)

The Association of Mining Municipalities of Ontario has backed Elliot Lake in their claim that tax revenue should be higher for two local mines that are using land in the community to contain waste from mining operations.

Tembec president urges Canadians to take stand against U.S. in trade dispute (6/02)

Tembec has not backed down in its aim to pressure the federal government to stand up against the United States in the softwood lumber dispute.