Far North - Ring of Fire

Sioux Lookout Mayor Dennis Leney is asked what future job prospects there are that will keep working families and young people in his northwestern Ontario community.

M.C. Lough Electric in Dryden is not a place for clock watchers. Drive by their Kennedy Road shop at 6 a.m. or on Sunday mornings, and you'll likely see pickup trucks in the parking lot of the family-run electrical contracting firm.

Add the moniker of matchmaker to Bob Ray's title as president of RES Equipment Sales.

It may be crap to you, but it's Norm Balla's bread and butter. The Dryden entrepreneur is out to change the public's perception of portable toilets.

A modular home builder has expanded into buildings on a former Abitibi paper mill site in Kenora.

Two value-added wood and biomass projects slated for Dryden appear to be on hold.

An analytical services company has opened a sample preparation lab in Dryden, adding to its network across the North.

Margot Woodworth has earned a number of titles over the last 12 years: Horticulturalist. Immigrant. Entrepreneur. After her March 23rd appearance on a well-known Canadian reality show, she can add one more to her moniker — dragonslayer.