Technology

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business O.N. Telcom has adopted a new name and a growth strategy to expand its base across Northern Ontario.

By RICK HOULE Tom Stephenson, cafe manager at Sault Ste. Marie's Hidden Bay Cafe, has recognized the growing trend in laptop computer use and has added a wireless Internet connection to his establishment.

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.

An online platform called Flintbox, developed by University of British Columbia and used for connecting people to academic research, will be available at Lakehead University.

By IAN ROSS If you want to track down North Bay's newest young entrepreneur you might have to pull him out of his high school math class. name="valign" top > On the Web: www.kenbe.

In building upon the North American success of Filtrec, a European filter manufacturer in Northern Ontario, the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Out of a need to propel the northern region forward, Northern Centre for Biotechnology and Clinical Research put forth an application to form a committee to study and establish biotechnology initiatives here in the North.

By ANDREW WAREING It seems possible to buy just about anything over the Internet. name="valign" top > Mark Alexander (in photo) and his brother Matt developed www.minesource.com.

By IAN ROSS Within three or four years, Peter Cunningham suspects even the deepest part of Inco's mines in Sudbury should be as technologically connected as any modern office environment.

By ANDREW WAREING A conversation with Nigel Leith is a little like riding a roller coaster.