North Bay

By IAN ROSS Gord McGuinty has every confidence his Adams Mine project will be up and operating by the end of 2005.

By IAN ROSS Carol Montgomery opened the doors on a new store and a new life as owner of North Bay's Nutty Chocolatier.

Q:What's the single, most important lesson you have learned about survival and success in the business world? Both your employees and customers need to know that you have the leadership qualities that they're looking for.

By IAN ROSS The executive of North Bay's Downtown Improvement Area (DIA) is considering a mass assessment review board appeal of every commercial property in the city's core.

By IAN ROSS After 15 years in municipal politics, the avuncular mayor of North Bay, Jack Burrows, leaves office this fall. In June, Burrows announced he would not be seeking re-election in November.

The new Temiskaming Shores may not be officially a municipality yet, but those who will make up its government are already looking to the community's future prosperity.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business At least two data storage companies are interested in North Bay's soon-to-be-vacated underground air defence facility, known locally as the Hole.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Northern Ontario Business Environmental acuity in the industrial sector is becoming increasingly prevalent.

WESSMAN of North Bay, after six years of toiling with his idea, invented a set of wings that bolt onto each side of a snowblower and enables an extra six inches of snow to be cleared on either side.

By IAN ROSS With a surging Canadian dollar, mounting losses in the Canadian softwood lumber industry and uncertainty in the price-sensitive automotive sector, the Canadian manufacturing scene is anything but stable.