Sault Ste. Marie

By IAN ROSS The turbine blades of Northern Ontario’s first wind farm are expected to begin turning this fall. The Prince Wind Farm on the shores of Lake Superior figures to be a beehive of activity this summer.

By IAN ROSS The Flakeboard Company melamine lamination plant that opened last year in the city’s west end is set to expand again this spring by adding a second press line.

By IAN ROSS Hockey fans in Sault Ste. Marie will have mixed emotions when the wrecking ball is taken to the 55-year-old Memorial Gardens to make way for the city’s new Sports and Entertainment Centre.

By IAN ROSS Whether or not an Invasive Species Centre to fight forest insect pests ever gets built in Sault Ste. Marie depends upon the “political will” of the new federal government to come aboard as a willing partner.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.