Transportation

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Thunder Bay may see the development of a $5-million to $7-million Flying J. Travel Plaza. The plaza is proposed for development at the intersection of Oliver Road and the Thunder Bay expressway.

The decision to reinstate Canadore Colleges helicopter pilot program for the upcoming 2004-2005 academic year is up in the air.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business Ontario Northland Railroad has won an $81-million contract to refurbish GO Transit coaches. The Crown corporation beat out Industrial Rail Services (IRS) of Moncton, N.B.

Abitibi-Consolidated's Fort William Woodlands Division has added 800,000 hectares of forested land under certification.

Premier Dalton McGuinty's plans to use tolls to pay for the four-laning of Highway 69 has an Ontario truckers group "nervous" about the province's objectives.

Bombardier Transportation has received an order from the Toronto Transit Authority (Go Transit) to supply 10 additional Bombardier BiLevel commuter rail vehicles to Go Transit's existing fleet of 361 cars. The contract, valuing $26.

By IAN ROSS Ontario Northland Rail workers who have waited almost two years for the provincial government to act on their report to improve the money-losing railway, will have to wait until the new provincial government is sworn in to find out the fu

By IAN ROSS A co-operation agreement between Canada and the U.S. to conduct a transportation review of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway is lean on financial details from Ottawa, says a Thunder Bay port manager.

By Ian Ross The spirit of Wasaya Airways is soaring into 21 First Nations communities beginning in July as the Thunder Bay-based carrier takes over some former Bearskin Airlines northern routes.

By IAN ROSS A Sudbury native and former truck driver is making a name for himself as the new voice of owner/operators across Canada.