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Great Lakes cruise ship visits return to Thunder Bay

Great Lakes cruise ship visits return to Thunder Bay

Great Lakes cruise ships are making another comeback in Thunder Bay. The luxury yacht Clelia II made its inaugural visit to the Lakehead city, July 3, the first of 11 scheduled stops this summer.
Agawa Canyon Tour Train gets new life

Agawa Canyon Tour Train gets new life

The revitalization of Sault Ste. Marie's Agawa Canyon tour train with new locomotives and passenger coaches is being hailed by the city's tourism czar as a “renaissance” for the local hospitality sector.

VIDEO: OLG - supports communities and events across Northern Ontario

Patricia Mills, Publisher Northern Ontario Business and Jim Cronin, Director of Community and Public Relations ( OLG ).
Sorbara heads to Sault to discuss tourism strategy

Sorbara heads to Sault to discuss tourism strategy

Former Ontario cabinet Greg Sorbara was in Sault Ste. Marie March 17 to discuss ways to boost the region's sagging tourism industry.
Recreate Your Cornerstones

Recreate Your Cornerstones

KOA Thunder Bay owners Kristie and Michael Kuper Photo by Richard Chicoine Written by Maggie Chicoine Unstable as the economy might be right now - jiggling like purple jello on a bed of hot rocks - business owners still hold the fundamental keys to t
Celebrating a century of furs

Celebrating a century of furs

An unmistakeable glint shines in Marc Lafrance's eye as he tells how his grandfather, Adelaird, would make the arduous trek up the Pagwa River during the First World War to purchase raw furs in Fort Albany.
Full steam ahead for Thunder Bay waterfront proposal

Full steam ahead for Thunder Bay waterfront proposal

The $60-million development calls for seven-storey hotel, condos water park, market square
Sudbury tourism industry shooting for province's top spots

Sudbury tourism industry shooting for province's top spots

The City of Greater Sudbury's tourism industry partnership has laid out its plans until 2015, which include no less a goal than transforming the city into one of Ontario's top four visitor destinations.
Opening a once-in-a-lifetime B&B

Opening a once-in-a-lifetime B&B

By Maggie Chicoine Lisa LaMarquand professes that she’s built her life differently than most.
Fresh eyes, new vision for ski hill

Fresh eyes, new vision for ski hill

Unless you were a connaisseur of German food or a devoted bunny hill skier, few people in the Sault paid much attention to Buttermilk Ski Hill.