Around the North

Canada's only seamless steel pipe producer hosted its grand opening last month.

The flow of traffic across the international bridge in Fort Frances dropped slightly this spring compared to last year. Officials with Canada Customs and Revenue Agency say the volume of travellers crossing the bridge is down by about 12 per cent.

Thunder Bay Telephone is considering the purchase of a local Internet service company in hopes of making money and possibly providing customers with Internet video games.

The average Thunder Bay homeowner can expect to shell out an additional $60 per year for power because of a government-mandated hydroelectric rate increase which took effect June 1, with more hikes expected this fall.

Thunder Bay employers are expecting a slow summer, according to a recent employment outlook survey released by Manpower Inc.

The new president of the Canadian Lakehead Port Council, in an attempt to boost the Thunder Bay labour climate, is leading the council in a direction that will concentrate on improving the profile of the climate by lobbying local, provincial and fede

The search continues for new investors for the Searchmont Resort, located 40 kilometres northeast of Sault Ste. Marie. Although officials with BDO Dunwoody Ltd.

Nearly half of Sault Ste. Marie's $1.3 million in supplementary budget items have been dedicated to economic development.

Eabametoong First Nation has signed an agreement with UMA Engineering Ltd. to launch a study for the development of a new power supply system for the northwestern Ontario community.

Northerners are still going strong in their fight to save the Northlander passenger rail service.