North Bay

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.

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 Terry Wojick fully expects his phone will start ringing off the hook soon. Terry Wojick, owner of Northern Wind Power in North Bay, predicts a plethora of opportunities will be available to firms specializing in cleaner sources of power.

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