Construction

The construction industry strains against the shortage of apprentices as a strong regional economy bulldozes its way through the northeast.

Government investment in Aboriginal housing is paying early dividends for Milestone Construction, a new Thunder Bay design-build firm. The two-year-old company recently moved into new digs over Christmas from Red River Road to Alloy Place.

Northern Ontario is used to experiencing the volatile shifts of the resource industries as international demand, the Canadian dollar and overhead costs impact the bottom line.

The United States housing market may be slumping, but the up-tick in mineral prices has the home selling and building sectors surging in many major Northern Ontario cities.

It’s no secret everyone wants their own piece of cottage paradise. And many hard-scrabble Northern Ontario communities battling outmigration and loss of industry are warming up to the idea that rocks, trees and isolation has its own hidden rewards.

A Guelph-based company is spending nearly $8 million to convert a former Haileybury convent to the region’s first series of condominiums, located on the shores of Lake Temiskaming. Although Skyline Inc.

Frank Bruni admits today's fast-paced construction industry isn't for everyone. But for those willing to pay their dues and stick it out, "the sky's the limit." "There's opportunity all the time and I'm living it at the moment.

A growing surge of interest is driving a number of expansion projects at the 5th Wheel Training Institute in New Liskeard, Haileybury and possibly beyond.

A proposed $16 million investment by a British development firm is opening up new tourism and event hosting opportunities for the Town of Smooth Rock Falls.

Two bioenergy companies have expressed an interest in constructing energy facilities in Opasatika - a welcomed lifeline for the township of 300 residents as they struggle to recover from Tembec’s departure. Scarborough-based Gilead Power Corp.