Construction

Consolidation will be the key word for the forestry industry in the next one to five years, according to private and public experts alike.

Temiskaming Shores is poised to benefit from a partnership with a multi-national European company that has a strategic growth plan for North America. But don't say IKEA.

The chips are down and the way Temiskaming Shores sees it, it is a good bet. Southern Ontario-based Organic Snack Foods Inc. is expanding to Temiskaming Shores with a $1-million project.

In what is being heralded as a revival of the mining industry in Kirkland Lake, Foxpoint Resources Ltd., the new owners of the Macassa mine and mill, poured their first three gold bars in a ceremony attended by local dignitaries in mid-July.

A resolution passed by Armour Township on Highway 11 to ban transport of toxic substances on provincial highways and rail lines failed to gain support from Haileybury and New Liskeard.

A phased-in subdivision development on the airport hill in North Bay received final approval from city councillors after being held up for a decade.

Officials with the City of North Bay say a revenue loss of about $84,000 is a small price to pay to keep home construction costs from escalating as a result of an index rate structure.

Representatives from Ontario's aerospace sector landed in England earlier this week in search of European investment and networking opportunities.

A unique and creative partnership program is enabling forestry users and experts, such as Tembec and the Ministry of Natural Resources, to pool their resources and focus on maintaining and enhancing an ecologically sustainable wood supply for years t

Delays with senior levels of government have slowed the progress of a hydroelectric plant in Latchford, in the Timiskaming District.