North Bay

Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay Aspin has officially announced an Aerospace Forum is scheduled for Canadore College's Aviation Campus in North Bay , Nov. 7 and 8.

Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Jay Aspin is championing the next wave of growth for North Bay 's developing aviation cluster.

The City of North Bay and Northern Ontario Business (NOB) will be rolling out the red carpet on Oct. 3 to meet and greet the best and brightest risk-takers and success stories from across the region.

North Bay 's growing aviation industry is being championed by federal MP Jay Aspin. Aspin, representing Nipissing-Timiskaming, was leading Members of Parliament on a tour of companies at Aerospace Montreal this week. The full-day trip on Aug.

A trio of economic development projects designed to help strengthen the regional economy and attract tourists in North Bay is receiving nearly $1.4 million from the province.

The Yves Landry Foundation has some money to give away to some Northern manufacturers. A year ago, FedNor contributed $2 million to the foundation to help stimulate the Northern economy. “We have given out just more than $1 million.

WipWare has grown from a home-based business to being ranked 127th on the 25th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.

North Bay 's Jack Garland Airport has been in the industrial park business for some time.

The Mattawa area was hit hard when its major industry closed its doors about five years ago. “We went from 1,100 jobs to 600 jobs. We lost half our labour force,” said Robert Corriveau, mayor of Papineau-Cameron Twp.

Rick Lemieux is no stranger to start­ing up businesses. The founder of RDH Mining Equipment in Sudbury , Rock-Tech and the Saenchiur Flechey Resort on Lake Nipissing knows what it takes to make a fledgling business grow into a successful one.