Sault Ste. Marie

By IAN ROSS With the provincial election out of the way, the drivers of a biotechnology cluster development concept for Sault Ste. Marie expect to get started on a business-feasibility study later this fall.

By IAN ROSS Rob Cormier sees the world with a bird’s-eye view. A photographer, licensed bush pilot and commercial diver, Cormier has built up his 14-year-old aerial photography business, R & B Cormier Inc., by taking pictures of trees.

Sault Ste. Marie economic development officials have a new sounding board drawn from the ranks of the local business community and public sector.

The Independent Meeting Planners Association of Canada (IMPAC) has chosen a location for its October 16 to 19 conference.

By IAN ROSS Plans for a traprock quarry on Lake Superior have been temporarily stonewalled by a group of Wawa cottagers fighting to stop industrial development along what they consider sensitive, pristine and protected shoreline.

By IAN ROSS Algoma University College is airlifting its knowledge base in community development to the James Bay coast this summer. The Sault Ste.

By IAN ROSS The fusion is getting off to a slow start, but there may be a unification of test tubes and dollars as Sault Ste. Marie promoters work to turn research into big business.

By IAN ROSS The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre’s highly touted Geographic Information System (GIS) recently received recognition in a national trade magazine.

A Sault Ste. Marie lawyer wants to stem the outflow of young people from the community by developing a tracking database.

Tucked in behind the mill town of Thessalon is a small project that is symbolic of big things to come for Northern Ontario.