Elliot Lake & North Shore

With their tufted chins and ears splayed out like helicopter rotors, goats may seem unlikely saviours for the Algoma District farming community.

Espanola is open for business, and Anna Frattini is optimistic that upcoming changes to the town's im­age will drive that message home, enticing more businesses to set up shop in the North Shore com­munity.

“Have you ever heard, when ice is breaking up, that distinctive tinkling sound?” asked Mike Meeker as he surveyed the water surrounding his Evansville-based cage culture fish farm.

For Pat McGibbon, the manufacture of messenger bags all began when a friend fished an old sewing machine out of a dumpster.

When Rob Maguire needed a name for his new roll-form steel roofing and siding venture, he turned to nature for inspiration.

The township of Terrace Bay has re-branded itself. After years of planning, and months of construction, the municipality's $3-million downtown revitalization project is nearly complete.

Nowhere is the entrepreneurial spirit more evident than on Manitoulin Island, where an absence of big industry and a heavy reliance on tourism means innovation is a way of life.

The Township of Schreiber is looking for answers from the community after announcing layoffs of four municipal staff, including its community development officer.