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Northern courses rival U.S. destination golf resorts (07/04)

Timberwolf Golf Club, Greater Sudbury Set in the craggy Canadian Shield, Timberwolf Golf Club in Greater Sudbury is surrounded by the beautiful hills, forests and marshlands that define the Northern Ontario landscape.

Insurance costs stifling growth of tourism industry (07/04)

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business Andrew Ryeland pulls no punches in offering a blunt assessment of how sky-rocketing premiums from insurers are hurting his guided ATV excursion company.

Town calls truce in big box war (09/03)

By IAN ROSS Hunstville - Fighting Wal-Mart has almost become an industry in itself. The familiar act plays itself out in every community wrestling with the issue of big box development.

Outfitters making waves in North (08/04)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Northern Ontario Business It takes a clear vision of what a business can be and the know-how to carry out that vision, which is what makes Lionel Bobiwash and Helen Bobiwash-Toulouse's outfitter's business unique.

Yoga and a canoe? Only in Canada (03/05)

By IAN ROSS Identify your niche audience and know what they're looking for. When eco-tourism pioneer Todd Lucier speaks, outfitters listen.

The Germans are coming

By IAN ROSS A Manitoulin Island Aboriginal tourism marketing cooperative is going shopping in Europe.

‘Ideal land for a picturesque golf course’ (04/05)

By IAN ROSS Ron Dennis doesn’t fancy himself as the next Pete Dye, but his first swing at designing a golf course proved he possesses all the right instincts.

Seeing the forest for the tourists? (06/05)

By ADELLE LARMOUR Resource-based tourism is a growing industry in northwestern Ontario. In order to better understand its potential, Dr.

Quetico Centre on track to get back in the black (08/05)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE In 47 years Quetico Centre has become a quite prominent training centre and think tank for northwestern Ontario.

City program helps draw events (08/05)

By COLLEEN KLEVEN Mining and forestry have long battled for top spot in Northern Ontario. While those two industries continue to vie for the number 1 position, tourism has steadily and strategically increased its significance in the Northern economy.