North Bay

By IAN ROSS A recent trade mission to Detroit is already paying solid dividends for a North Bay import company. Uprooted Designs, a newly created division of Buckstone Inc. and Vested Interest Trading, is seeking to gain a foothold into the U.S.

By ANDREW WAREING NORTH BAY - Three leaders in Ontario’s northern economy have a simple message - the future is coming and it is time to change.

By ANDREW WAREING The June 8 to 11 trade mission by Team Northern Ontario is more than just a meet-and-greet in Detroit for Northern Ontario businesses.

By ANDREW WAREING Parent Door Systems is a company that started from a minute idea and is hoping for a move into a bigger market. Owner Paul Parent started the window and door manufacturing business 26 years ago after losing a job at another company.

By PAULINE CLARK A series of mayor’s forums on business are being held in North Bay as part of what Nancy Creighton refers to as “an exciting new two-year marketing plan.

By DEAN LISK The City of North Bay has received a number of proposals for the development of the rail lands, located between the city’s downtown and the waterfront of Lake Nipissing.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW A massive surge in applications to Nipissing University’s school of business and economics has the institution beaming about its program.

By Ian Ross In reintroducing itself to the Northern Ontario market, Vested Interest Trading has expanded and moved into new digs in downtown North Bay.

Operators of a cash-strapped refinery in Cobalt are seeking investors and partners in a restructuring attempt to reopen the plant and preserve 30 jobs.

By Ian Ross If North Bay and Sault Ste.