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Northern ag businesses secure $313,428 in funding

Northern ag businesses secure $313,428 in funding

Funds come from the Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity (SNAPP) program.
Multi-purpose space fills Sioux Lookout’s needs

Multi-purpose space fills Sioux Lookout’s needs

Cafetorium concept built into high school design
Northern agri-food businesses given provincial nod

Northern agri-food businesses given provincial nod

Premier’s Awards for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence will go to outfits across Northern Ontario.
Flicker of hope for natural gas

Flicker of hope for natural gas

Sioux Lookout is rethinking its natural gas pipeline plan after Ontario’s energy regulator thrust the cost burden onto the community.
Treasury Metals gears up for mining with new CEO

Treasury Metals gears up for mining with new CEO

Chris Stewart named new president-CEO
Energy board decision stifling northwest natural gas expansion

Energy board decision stifling northwest natural gas expansion

Municipalities want cost recovery decision revisited
Co-op building Dryden propane storage facility

Co-op building Dryden propane storage facility

Federated Co-operatives (FCL) is establishing a new propane storage facility in Dryden. The facility will be located in the Norwill Industrial Park and will distribute propane to customers throughout northwestern Ontario.
Dryden food co-op grows its stable of producers, consumers

Dryden food co-op grows its stable of producers, consumers

A popular food co-operative in northwestern Ontario has grown its online presence in bridging the gap between farmers and devotees of locally produced food.
Dryden puts airport expansion, business needs on its radar

Dryden puts airport expansion, business needs on its radar

Airports are not just places to catch a flight; they‘re fast becoming economic drivers in the many Northern communities. Future economic opportunities for Dryden may come by air rather than down the Trans-Canada Highway.
Aboriginal Affairs at the table for food distribution network

Aboriginal Affairs at the table for food distribution network

One of the North’s most extensive and meaningful social enterprise ventures will finally take off next year with the construction of a First Nations regional food distribution centre in Sioux Lookout.