North Bay

A trio of economic development projects in the North Bay and Parry Sound regions will benefit from $1.1 million in funding.

North Bay’s Jack Garland Airport will be a beehive of activity this week as the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) drops in for a visit and a European satellite company is expected to make a major announcement.

The European satellite company encamped at Canadore College’s Aviation Campus in North Bay recently concluded the first phase of flight tests of a new technology designed to deliver small satellites into orbit.

Dr. Wendy Graham didn’t set out to become an institutional silo buster.

More than 150 people turned out for the North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce’s “Bell Evening of Excellence Awards” to witness six awards being presented, Oct. 21.

Don Champagne’s first foray into entrepreneurship almost crash landed before it off the ground.

Brad Minogue walks off the space inside the darkened and historic Cochrane Block building in downtown North Bay where contractors are framing new offices and work spaces for tempered glass and LED lighting.

George Burton glances around the 17,000 square feet of hangar at Canadore College’s Aviation Campus, stuffed with helicopters and turboprop aircraft, and predicts big things are coming over the horizon in the next five years.

Pilot Diamond Tools, a North Bay mining supplier, secured a $140,000 repayable loan from FedNor to fund a new product line. The announcement was made in North Bay on Oct. 3.

Anachronism is a moniker that Michael Waram wears well. The designer and craftsman is an admitted throwback to the days when quality furniture was created with passion, care and attention to detail.