Construction

A North Bay mine engineering and construction firm is more than doubling its workforce and is looking for larger accommodations. Cementation Skanska Canada Inc.

The now-disbanded North Bay Economic Development Commission won the 2003 Ontario Economic Development Award in the redevelopment initiative category for the North Bay Downtown Improvement Area.

North Bay's Mining Week kicks off in mid-May with an awards gala recognizing a local mining sector personality.

To find inspiration in designing North Bay's Regional Health Centre, architect Brian Bertrand harkened back to his medal-winning university thesis.

A North Bay firm intends to go global with an innovative mining software that makes it easier for mine planners to design blast rounds. Stroma Engineering, a division of Stroma Consulting Inc.

Kathy Jaeger wondered if she was taking a chance moving her upscale backstreet eatery onto Main Street in downtown North Bay. Certainly her regulars were not crazy about sharing their favourite spot with others.

New North Bay Mayor Vic Fedeli intends to create a "lean and mean" community development corporation (CDC) to market the city's vacant industrial land. The CDC is expected to be modeled after the community's highly successful Air Base Property Corp.

Terry Wojick fully expects his phone will start ringing off the hook soon.

The executive of North Bay's Downtown Improvement Area (DIA) is considering a mass assessment review board appeal of every commercial property in the city's core.

With a surging Canadian dollar, mounting losses in the Canadian softwood lumber industry and uncertainty in the price-sensitive automotive sector, the Canadian manufacturing scene is anything but stable.