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Seeking to develop North Bay's Jack Garland Airport to its fullest potential, city council is leaning toward the creation of an airport authority.

There are an estimated 2500 to 3500 small businesses in North Bay, and it is a sector where interest seems to be steadily increasing, says Erin Richmond, manager of The Business Centre Nipissing Parry Sound.

Enrolment at Canadore College and the economy of North Bay are expected to take off with the completion of Canadore's newest campus. Opening ceremonies were held Sept.

North Bay's Downtown Improvement Association received FedNor funding in September to assist in ongoing efforts to increase tourism and business activity by revitalizing the city's core.

They call themselves Team Northern Ontario and their aim is to make Northern Ontario more than a name on a map.

It is just his first year as president of North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce, but it has been a busy one for Dave Mendicino. "We've got a lot on the go and we have had all year," he says .

The successful underground test of a mining locomotive powered by new fuel-cell technology may put a North Bay mining equipment company in the driver's seat. R. A. Warren Equipment Ltd.

In reintroducing itself to the Northern Ontario market, Vested Interest Trading has expanded and moved into new digs in downtown North Bay.

North Bay has targeted biotechnology as an industry of opportunity by bringing in a world-renowned expert in biomedical research and public health to assist in the development of a possible biomedical cluster. In late August, the city brought in Dr.