Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie could soon boast a cogeneration facility fuelled by bio oil. A group of private and public sector groups led by the Sault Ste. Marie Public Utilities Commission Services Inc., DynaMotive Energy Systems of Vancouver, B.C.

Danieli Corus Inc. is downsizing its Sault Ste. Marie engineering office and moving most of its staff to southern Ontario.

The City of Sault Ste. Marie has secured big-league management as the future operator of its proposed new multi-use arena project, and is approaching the government for more money.

By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business If you're a homesick Sault Ste. Marie ex-pat teaching English overseas or a local news junkie wondering what's happening at city hall, SooToday.com has become the preferred choice for information.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Northern Ontario Business Algoma Tubes, once a subsidiary business of Algoma Steel, has risen from the ashes after being moth balled and later sold to Tenaris Group, a multi-national seamless tubing operation.

With the increasing need of more qualified people in the rail industry, Sault College will be offering a new course this fall.

By RICK HOULE Tom Stephenson, café manager at Sault Ste. Marie's Hidden Bay Café, has recognized the growing trend in laptop computer use and has added a wireless Internet connection to his establishment.

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.

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.

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.