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Wisk Air J-Vs with CreeWest

Wisk Air J-Vs with CreeWest

Wisk Air Helicopters of Thunder Bay has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with CreeWest GP on a joint venture opportunity to provide rotary services to First Nation communities along the James Bay and Hudson’s Bay Coast.
Think before you divest, Queen’s Park

Think before you divest, Queen’s Park

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) wants Queen’s Park to do its homework before unilaterally deciding next time to sell off any Crown corporations or impose legislation that hurts Northern businesses and industry.
Passenger rail provides “substantial economic benefit”

Passenger rail provides “substantial economic benefit”

Passenger rail service in the Algoma district generates between $38 million and $48 million in annual economic activity.
Bearskin reduces airfares

Bearskin reduces airfares

Bearskin Airlines is slashing airfares on its northeastern Ontario routes between Kapuskasing, Timmins and Sudbury .
Feds extend funding for Algoma passenger rail

Feds extend funding for Algoma passenger rail

The federal government is extending funding for one year so that CN Rail can continue operating the Algoma Central Rail (ACR) passenger line between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt was in Sault Ste.
Ontario government will keep Ontario Northland

Ontario government will keep Ontario Northland

The Wynne government is tying up a controversial loose end prior to an election call by announcing that the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) will stay in public hands.
Bearskin drops flights to Ottawa, K-W

Bearskin drops flights to Ottawa, K-W

A softening in the mining and southern Ontario high-tech industries can be attributed to Bearskin Airlines dropping service to Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo on April 1, and reducing flights to the major Northern Ontario cities.
Stakeholders rally to save passenger rail

Stakeholders rally to save passenger rail

Stakeholders have one month to delay CN Railway’s decision to stop running passenger service between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst. In January, the company announced that, because $2.
MTO in midst of pan-Northern transportation strategy

MTO in midst of pan-Northern transportation strategy

A provincial plan to access the Ring of Fire may be lacking, but for almost three years the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has been quietly working on a major pan-northern planning exercise to support future regional economic development.
Ontario Northland restructuring plan in minister’s hands

Ontario Northland restructuring plan in minister’s hands

A report to restructure the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) has been delivered to Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle.