Construction

Low interest rates and a healthy local economy, along with proximity to a burgeoning market to the south are offering a boost to North Bay's real estate market.

A North Bay taskforce seeking fair market value tax assessment for commercial and industrial properties is not hopeful of meaningful change with the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC) or its method of evaluation anytime soon.

Being located in the heart of Northern Ontario is proving to be one of the main selling points luring people to the city.

What started as a slow building year in North Bay picked up in a "big way" in August. That was the assessment of North Bay's manager of economic development Rick Evans.

A recent trade mission to Detroit is already paying solid dividends for a North Bay import company. Uprooted Designs, a newly created division of Buckstone Inc. and Vested Interest Trading, is seeking to gain a foothold into the U.S.

Three leaders in Ontario's northern economy have a simple message - the future is coming and it is time to change.

Expanding the ability of Northern Ontario businesses to export goods and services to the world is the focus of a new federal strategy. The strategy was unveiled in May at the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) conference.

The June 8 to 11 trade mission by Team Northern Ontario is more than just a meet-and-greet in Detroit for Northern Ontario businesses.

Parent Door Systems is a company that started from a minute idea and is hoping for a move into a bigger market. Owner Paul Parent started the window and door manufacturing business 26 years ago after losing a job at another company.

Having reached the glass ceiling in the public sector, Mike Campigotto took a leap of faith four years ago and entered into entrepreneurship with one particular objective in mind - to curb youth out-migration by creating jobs in the IT sector.