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Sault Ste. Marie

Developing a neighbourhood downtown

By IAN ROSS The shift in retail shopping in Northern Ontario toward Big Box stores and power shopping centres is changing the face of downtown cores in many communities.

New plant blows into the Sault

By IAN ROSS Algoma Steel is diving into the green energy industry by teaming up with a German wind tower manufacturer in a value-added steel plate venture in Sault Ste. Marie.

ULERN making big things happen (04/05)

By IAN ROSS Margo Shaw remembers her boss' sage advice just before he departed for vacation after hiring her as director of the Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network (ULERN) in 1997. "Make something happen," he said. Eight years later, she has.

TNO wins provincial award

By ADELLE LARMOUR FedNor’s Team Northern Ontario (TNO) has received the Community Export Development Award from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.

Proponents building logistical case for multi-modal plant

By IAN ROSS Sault Ste. Marie – The drivers of Sault Ste. Marie’s freight-handling transportation hub concept are seeking a logistics expert to build their case for a multi-modal facility. Destiny Sault Ste.

Motel owner stuck with ‘unfair’ $87K bill

By CRAIG GILBERT Thessalon – It was not a very Merry Christmas on Dawson Street in Thessalon. In the town of 1,300, about 80 kilometres east of Sault Ste.

Gateway awaits NOHFC OK (11/05)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Progress continues to develop an upscale mega-tourist attraction called The Gateway Site. Sault Ste.

Upgrade in works for popular Algoma Central Railway tour train (11/05)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE For the past number of years, the Algoma Central Railway tour train has been carrying visitors to the Agawa Canyon for a two-hour tour stopover.

Photographer knows his audience (11/05)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE “Dance like nobody’s watching.” That is the motto Brian Tremblay lives by daily and it appears to be working for him. He was awarded the 2005 Entrepreneur/Business of the Year at the Sault Ste.

The voice of the North

In 2001, I was a senior communications officer at the Ontario Ministry of Finance on the bureaucratic side, as opposed to political staff. One of my key communications files was the restructuring of Algoma Steel Inc.