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Community effort is a driving force behind the new North Bay Regional Health Centre. To gain an edge in what people want from a new hospital, the joint executive committee created a test lab in the Northgate Shopping Centre.

Catering to the palates and budgets of the business community, Churchills has introduced a fine-dining experience for conferences and meetings, without an extravagant price tag.

North Bay acts as one of only a select few hubs for the North American fur industry, worth billions of dollars annually in North America, but the industry is facing a number of challenges ahead of it in order to ensure its future health and prosperit

A massive surge in applications to Nipissing University's school of business and economics has the institution beaming about its program. Admission applications jumped 430 per cent, eclipsing last year's increase of 144 per cent.

A convergence of technologies is driving new paradigms at North Bay General Hospital where lead surgeons are assessing the feasibility of telementoring in the medical field.

The exploration world has a home in North Bay. It all started in 1992 when Atlas Copco, which is headquartered in Sweden, jumped into the exploration industry by purchasing Craelius, a leading manufacturer of diamond drill bits.

Dr. Wendy Young says there is a very good reason why medical patients are interested in aiding doctors in clinical studies of new drugs.

Operators of a cash-strapped refinery in Cobalt are seeking investors and partners in a restructuring attempt to reopen the plant and preserve 30 jobs.

Kirkland Lake's Foxpoint Resources reports some new ore-grade intersections in its gold exploration work from its surface drilling program. Two new veins have been discovered on its Lake Shore, Wright-Hargreaves, Teck Hughes properties.

Kirkland Lake's dream of a major tourist project dedicated to Canadian hockey received a $3.5-million boost from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Minister of Northern Development and Mines Jim Wilson delivered the cheque in Kirkland Lake Oct. 1.