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Flakeboard changes name to Arauco

Flakeboard changes name to Arauco

Sault Ste. Marie-based Flakeboard, which manufactures composite panel products, has changed its name to Arauco -North America. Arauco-North America integrates the U.S. distribution subsidiary Arauco Wood Products Inc. and Flakeboard Co. Ltd.
Program training equipment operators for construction, mining

Program training equipment operators for construction, mining

A new program partnering Sault College with the Garden River First Nation is opening up doors for Aboriginal and Métis women looking to get into the trades.
Media outlets partner for extended news coverage

Media outlets partner for extended news coverage

A pair of media companies has joined forces to provide extended digital news coverage across Northern Ontario. Sudbury-based Laurentian Publishing (owner of Northern Ontario Business) and Village Media of Sault Ste.
Development on the horizon at Sault airport

Development on the horizon at Sault airport

Over the next five to 10 years, the Sault Ste.
Program helps add value to agriculture ventures

Program helps add value to agriculture ventures

On an early Saturday morning at Sault Ste. Marie’s Mill Market, Bethany Higgins fields orders for her freshly baked bread faster than she can bag the loaves. A lineup invariably forms, and her baskets empty long before the market closes for the day.
Monitoring system creates efficiencies in maple syrup production

Monitoring system creates efficiencies in maple syrup production

Tap Track is a digital monitoring system that alerts maple syrup producers to a loss of vacuum, reducing waste.
Sault gets nod for waterfront renewal

Sault gets nod for waterfront renewal

Sault Ste. Marie ’s efforts to redevelop its waterfront are being noticed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI).
Feds earmark funds for Sault innovation

Feds earmark funds for Sault innovation

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre will use $762,000 in federal funding to help small and medium-sized businesses brush up on their digital technology expertise.
Sault bridge plaza project could be facing further delays

Sault bridge plaza project could be facing further delays

Federal Bridge Corporation has decided to re-tender a contract for a second phase of the reconstruction efforts at the Sault Ste. Marie bridge plaza. André Girard, the spokesman for the Crown agency overseeing the $51.
Sault developing utilities planning tool

Sault developing utilities planning tool

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (SSMIC) will receive $265,250 in funding from the Ontario Smart Grid Fund program to develop software that will analyze smart grid investment options for local utilities.