Transportation

The plan to twin the Trans-Canada Highway between Kenora and the Manitoba border is taking shape this summer.

The normally talkative North Bay Mayor, Vic Fedeli, was pretty tight-lipped in saying much about his city losing out on landing a 250-job seaplane assembly plant to Quebec, except to express his "major disappointment.

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) has found its new president and chief executive officer from within its ranks.

As a fourth-generation family business based out of Sudbury, haulage and carting firm the Jutras Group is expanding throughout Northern Ontario with new facilities in Sault Ste. Marie and recently inked contracts with Canada Post in Timmins.

The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) is struggling to cope with the devastating financial impact of the shortened winter road season, amidst declarations of a state of emergency for the 29 affected communities in the Far North.

Big-ticket investments and existing provincial commitments are giving hope to some Northern Ontario road builders who anxiously await word from the province about its plans for the upcoming year.

In the next two years, the Ontario government is investing a record $773 million in the Northern Highways Program, surpassing last year’s previous record amount by $125 million – an increase of almost 20 per cent.

Canadian Pacific Railway expects to have a new short-line operator in place to continue rail service on the Ottawa Valley Railway in northeastern Ontario.

It was garbage left behind by careless paddlers on the Slate Islands in Lake Superior that planted the seed for an innovative idea in an entrepreneurial Terrace Bay couple.

Dornier Seaplane Company could announce as early as next week North Bay or St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. will be the site of an assembly plant for its all-composite, twin-engined amphibious aircraft.