Sault Ste. Marie

Bio oil to power up the Sault (05/04)

By IAN ROSS Sault Ste. Marie could be the site of one of the world's first commercial uses of a cogeneration plant powered by bio oil.

Oct 19, 2005 10:05 PM Read more >

$85M power upgrade underway (05/04)

Brascan Power Corp., the parent company of Sault Ste. Marie's Great Lakes Power Ltd., is investing $85.8 million to upgrade 164 kilometres of transmission lines between Sault Ste. Marie and Wawa in northeastern Ontario. Comstock Canada Ltd.

Oct 19, 2005 10:02 PM Read more >

Cash-strapped IT centre revamping (05/04)

By IAN ROSS If there was ever a time for the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre to get its act together, the time is now, says a board member of the struggling business development organization.

Oct 19, 2005 9:59 PM Read more >

Event honours North's top exporters (05/04)

A Sudbury-based company specializing in voice and data underground communications systems was among several northern regional award winners announced at the 7th annual Ontario Global Traders Awards on April 15 in Sault Ste. Marie.

Oct 19, 2005 9:56 PM Read more >

Garbage picker sees job growth in the trash (09/05)

By IAN ROSS Sault Ste. Marie – To Jayson Zwierschke, garbage is a valuable resource that’s being buried.

Sep 13, 2005 2:33 PM Read more >

Desbarats developer scrapes a living off the highways (08/05)

By IAN ROSS Kevin Karhi subscribes to the mantra of working smarter, not harder. The 31-year-old Desbarats native (east of Sault Ste.

Aug 8, 2005 6:20 PM Read more >

GHC expands into cyberspace (04/05)

By IAN ROSS Already lionized by the Romanow Royal Commission as Canada’s “best kept secret” in community-based health care delivery, Sault Ste. Marie’s Group Health Centre (GHC) intends to market their high-tech health wares internationally.

Apr 5, 2005 5:34 PM Read more >

Airport races to balance books (04/05)

By IAN ROSS Turbulent times have led many regional airports to search for new ways of generating revenue.

Apr 5, 2005 5:32 PM Read more >

Passenger train could link the North: locals (04/05)

By IAN ROSS Two Sault Ste. Marie residents are on board the movement aiming to reinstate passenger rail service between Winnipeg and Sudbury. Understandably, they are more focused on the Sault-Sudbury corridor.

Apr 5, 2005 5:30 PM Read more >

Multimodal could work: expert (04/05)

By IAN ROSS A Canadian transportation industry leader says Sault Ste. Marie’s multimodal scheme holds good potential for shippers to avoid major freight bottlenecks in southern Ontario.

Apr 5, 2005 5:25 PM Read more >