Thunder Bay

By IAN ROSS Lakehead University’s head of research wants to build on the momentum of a $6 million provincial investment by building a world class forestry centre of excellence.

The Lakehead’s economic history is inextricably bound with its transshipment role first as the rendezvous hub at Fort William during the Northwest Company fur trade era and later as the world’s largest grain port during the course of the twentieth ce

By IAN ROSS A Thunder Bay entrepreneur who’s commercializing his love for beer-making into a microbrewery is whetting the local appetite for home-brewed suds.

By IAN ROSS The explosion of worldwide container traffic and the exacting manufacturing demands for just-in-time efficiencies has the Thunder Bay Port Authority investigating new ways to attract shippers and carriers to the historic grain handling fa

By NICK STEWART With numerous styles, types and price ranges varying wildly between hundreds to thousands of dollars, purchasing golf clubs can be a bewildering experience even for the seasoned golfer.

By NICK STEWART With a mandate of improving the quality of life of its First Nations stakeholders, Thunder Bay’s Lynx North Engineering has spent the last 11 years on projects ranging from basic development planning to full-scale water treatment faci

By IAN ROSS Alberta’s runaway oil and gas industry has stretched its labour and manufacturing capacity to its limits.

By IAN ROSS A year after Cascades Inc. padlocked operations at their Thunder Bay coated paper mill and put 500 workers out of work, new investors with deep pockets and industry savvy are poised to re-open it.

By IAN ROSS Building safer and stronger commuter rail cars to lessen the collision forces on passengers is the basis of a proposed research project between Bombardier and Thunder Bay’s Lakehead University and Confederation College.

By IAN ROSS An award-winning Lakehead University wood scientist is lending his expertise to industry to help grow the next generation of forest products entrepreneurs. Dr.