Transportation

North Star Air presented its first revenue sharing payments to two northwestern Ontario First Nation communities as part of a business partnership agreement struck last summer. The Thunder Bay-based air carrier held a Nov.

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) will transition into a new chapter of operation without president-CEO Paul Goulet.

A highway link, vital to the movement of wood supply on Superior’s North Shore, has been repaired and reopened to traffic under new management.

Sault Ste. Marie has received more than $4 million in funding to go toward the expansion of its harbour. FedNor and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) have each pitched in $2.12 million for a total of $4.

The Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport came away a big winner at the Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations’ annual conference in early September.

Manitoulin Transport has acquired the less-than-truckload (LTL) and freight divisions of Westcan Freight Systems .

The working group that secured a one-year reprieve for Algoma Central Railway’s Hearst-to-Sault Ste. Marie passenger line is now seeking interest from third-party firms to operate the service. A request for expressions of interest was issued Sept.

Porter Aviation Holdings Inc. (PAHI), the parent company of Porter Airlines , is looking to sell its passenger terminal at Billy Bishop airport in Toronto.

Kenora MP and federal Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford delivered a $549,112 cheque for a new lighting system at the Red Lake Airport.

The Ontario government announced $527 million is being earmarked for highway construction in the North. Some of the key construction projects include the ongoing four-laning of Highway 11-17 between Thunder Bay and Nipigon.