North Bay

Two grain companies warn they may stop buying Timiskaming farm products unless Bennett Environmental Ltd. alleviates their concerns about a proposed hazardous waste incinerator for Kirkland Lake.

Forty layoff notices were issued to Tembec employees at its Kenogami mill in early August, but the forest products giant vows to keep the planing and sawmill in operation.

By Ian Ross Spinning off fledgling businesses in northeastern Ontario which are related to welding and materials joining is behind a vision put forward by Northern College.

By Kelly Louiseize The second phase of the Bayport Village condominium development is underway with the help of Alterra Group of Companies assisting the Town of Haileybury in implementing and financing the project.

By Ian Ross In what is being heralded as a revival of the mining industry in Kirkland Lake, Foxpoint Resources Ltd.

A resolution passed by Armour Township on Highway 11 to ban transport of toxic substances on provincial highways and rail lines failed to gain support from Haileybury and New Liskeard.

Officials with the City of North Bay say a revenue loss of about $84,000 is a small price to pay to keep home construction costs from escalating as a result of an index rate structure.

Representatives from Ontario's aerospace sector landed in England earlier this week in search of European investment and networking opportunities.

Canadore College's much anticipated new aerospace campus construction is expected to be complete in mid-August. The $12.5-million facility located at North Bay's Jack Garland Airport has a tentative ribbon-cutting date of Sept. 27.

A phased-in subdivision development on the airport hill in North Bay received final approval from city councillors after being held up for a decade.