Green

For two friends named Eric, food production wasn’t even on their radar until a few years ago when they alighted on the idea of shipping container farms.

A former federal government-run forestry nursery in Swastika will soon be the home of a medicinal marijuana production facility, which represents a unique collaboration between industry and the Wahgoshig First Nation.

Five years after setting up shop in Sault Ste. Marie, Heliene is poised for a period of growth as it eyes a burgeoning solar-energy market in the U.S.

Changes are coming to the province’s Aggregate Resources Act. Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Bill Mauro announced Oct.

Guelph-based Canadian Solar has acquired three solar farms located in Sault Ste. Marie in a deal worth $270 million. The solar farms, which have a total capacity of 59.

The community of Cochrane is hopeful that time is all that’s needed to secure a new energy-generation contract with the province to keep its cogeneration plant up and running.

A Sault Ste. Marie pest management firm received federal funding to search for the next generation of organic tree pesticides.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund has earmarked almost $2 million for agricultural infrastructure project in northeastern Ontario.

Kapuskasing Mayor and Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) president Al Spacek reiterated his group’s support for the Energy East Pipeline Project.

Like many businesses in Ontario, hydro rates make up the second highest operating cost, after payroll, for Barrydowne Paint. “Whether times are good, or times are bad, the electricity cost stays the same,” said Barrydowne Paint co-owner Kelly Scott.