Construction

Pierre Belanger has stood on the tracks of the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) three years ago as a protester, symbolically ready to repel any attempts to dump southern Ontario garbage in his Timiskaming backyard.

WESSMAN of North Bay, after six years of toiling with his idea, invented a set of wings that bolt onto each side of a snowblower and enables an extra six inches of snow to be cleared on either side. The wings can be adjusted to various angles.

Carl Crewson learned ages ago that to be competitive, a business has to be able to rely on itself at every stage of the production process.

After 15 years in municipal politics, the avuncular mayor of North Bay, Jack Burrows, leaves office this fall. In June, Burrows announced he would not be seeking re-election in November.

Q:What's the single, most important lesson you have learned about survival and success in the business world? Both your employees and customers need to know that you have the leadership qualities that they're looking for.

Carol Montgomery opened the doors on a new store and a new life as owner of North Bay's Nutty Chocolatier.

Gord McGuinty has every confidence his Adams Mine project will be up and operating by the end of 2005.

Air Base Property Corp. (ABPC) hopes to land another tenant for its last empty hangar at the Aerospace Centre by year's end.

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.