Sault Ste. Marie

In building upon the North American success of Filtrec, a European filter manufacturer in Northern Ontario, the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp.

By IAN ROSS After being purged in a government downsizing, Craig Howard and some colleagues could have left the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) with a bitter taste in their collective mouths. Instead they saw only opportunity.

KELLY LOUISEIZE Sault Ste. Marie will be the first Canadian city to roll out broadband technology over power lines - a move that is expected to provide unlimited growth opportunities for one Sault-based telecommunications company.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Toronto has selected its first formal Northern Ontario presence. Bob Bonell is the chamber's official representative for Sault Ste. Marie and Northern Ontario.

By IAN ROSS Border tie-ups due to truck inspections, homeland security issues and increased trade are costing the North American economy millions of dollars and are crippling border communities. Sault Ste.

By IAN ROSS Pull into a Mr. Lube franchise somewhere in Canada and chances are there is a Sault Ste. Marie connection.

By IAN ROSS The provincial Tories' Smart Growth initiative to plan the North's economic future has come and gone. With a new Liberal government in place, Sault Ste.

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.