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Top 5 Innovators

What does it mean to be innovative? For this month’s Top 5 Innovators feature, we went through our files to find five examples of innovation and came up with five very different definitions of the word, from all over Northern Ontario.
Northern Ontario Business Staff

What does it mean to be innovative? For this month’s Top 5 Innovators feature, we went through our files to find five examples of innovation and came up with five very different definitions of the word, from all over Northern Ontario.

R&B Cormier has partnered with Wiskair Helicopter of Thunder Bay as a co-developer of a specialized camera system that the Sault company is taking international this year.

#1 - R&B Cormier Inc.R&B Cormier Inc. is taking the guessing and gruntwork out of counting trees

Darryl Lake with the Conference Board of Canada’s innovation director, Brian Guthrie.

#2 - NORCAT Inc. NORCAT is a breeding ground for product development

Steve Sullivan’s innovative “magic dash†has the potential to save Newmont and other mining and forestry operators hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars over time. #3 - Steve SullivanSteve Sullivan knows how to slash downtime
Murray Sweet sells helicopter kits from Ear Falls to clients all over the world, but in particular to American ranchers that want to keep an eye on their expansive properties. Photo supplied

#4 - Canadian Home Rotors Murray Sweet has parlayed a childhood obession with Meccano sets into a soaring helicopter kit business

Any way you cut it, that's a lot of cheese Margaret Schep is amid. An old-world process and new recipes have made Thunder Oak Cheese Farm a must-see in Thunder Bay.#5 - Thunder Oak Cheese Farm Thunder Bay farm redefines quality Canadian cheese