Transportation

Dave Van Dam isn’t one given to self-promotion. The owner of Vanair Hovercraft doesn’t spend a lot of money on mass marketing and advertising his air-cushioned vehicles.

Thunder Bay's Bombardier plant has been chosen as the final assembly point to build more light rail vehicles for Toronto.

The first tentative steps toward building an ore haul railway to the James Bay Lowlands began this past winter.

CentrePort Canada is shaping up to be a consulting engineer's paradise. The bold "inland port" concept taking shape in Winnipeg is moving at a fast pace this summer.

After losing out on landing Dornier Seaplane to Quebec, the City of North Bay is turning the page with plans to create a full-blown aviation hub at Jack Garland Airport.

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.