North Bay

Confederation College held a ground-breaking ceremony at the site of the proposed new Aviation Centre of Excellence. The $10-million dollar facility will increase the number of students in the aviation program from 275 to 350.

By Andrew Wareing Growth is the keyword for post-secondary education in Ontario, and North Bay’s Nipissing University is ready for that growth.

By Andrew Wareing For two Northern Ontario archeologists, keeping tabs on the past is the way of the future. John Pollock in New Liskeard and Luke Dalla Bona in Sault Ste.

Punitive softwood lumber duties have forced Tembec Inc. to scale back its operations in northeastern Ontario. The company is cutting its production of softwood pine lumber and shutting down its planing and drying operations at a sawmill in Mattawa.

Dave Marshall, Nipissing University has earned the title of 2002 Community Builder of the Year in recognition of his contributions to the growth and prosperity of the community.

Community leaders in the Tri-Town area are celebrating Air North's surpassing 1,500 passengers.

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.

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.

Seven communities in the Timiskaming region now have access to high-speed Internet access with the completion of $1 million worth of technical upgrades.

The cost to clean up North Bay's former CP Railway lands and install its waterfront vision is pegged at $43 million.