North Bay

The North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce is moving from a prime piece of city-owned highway property to the downtown core this fall.

A deteriorating piece of North Bay roadway infrastructure is finally getting a major overhaul.

The sky’s the limit for Canadore College aviation students with the September grand opening of the Advanced Composites Fabrication, Repair and Test Centre (ART-TC) in North Bay.

Prime players in the international aviation and space-related field will descend on the Gateway City in October for an event designed to showcase the city’s aerospace capabilities. Running Oct.

Operating in South River since 2012, Highlander has outgrown its existing facility and is undergoing a major expansion that will increase its production capacity and establish a training school for brewery technicians.

Gin-Cor Industries has earned a place on the 2015 PROFIT 500 list. The Mattawa-based company, which builds vocational and severe-service trucks, was ranked 276 on the list, which is an annual ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.

A North Bay waterfront landmark is undergoing the microscope.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) is providing $1.4 million to three Nipissing-area projects. Canadore College will receive $906,860 to expand operations at the Innovation Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Production (ICAMP).

A North Bay-based biomass advocacy group has resurfaced with a new name and renewed vigour to continue to take Northern Ontario’s forestry sector in a new strategic direction.

A North Bay drilling company received $170,000 from the National Research Council’s (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program fund.