Thunder Bay

North American Palladium Ltd.’s board of directors has approved a $50-million expansion for underground development and construction of a secondary crushing plant at its open-pit palladium Lac des Iles Mine. Construction will begin in May.

By RICK HOULE In an effort to encourage economic growth and keep dollars in the community, the City of Thunder Bay is looking at the benefits of a Protective and Emergency Services Training Centre.

By ANDREW WAREING Northern Ontario Business While many company executives might be doing handsprings about a 600-per-cent increase in business growth over three years, Laclu Industries president Rex Csuzdi’s attitude is fairly casual.

Plans to develop a biotechnology incubator at Thunder Bay’s old hospital have been halted after city officials realized only 46 per cent of 250,000-square-foot facility was usable.

By ANDREW WAREING In a quest to expand his business beyond industrial repair services, Mike Rudnicki is gearing up to attend an upcoming trade mission to Chicago, adding new-product manufacturing to his slate of services.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Fitting into what appears to be part of the government’s plan to introduce renewable energy, a northwestern engineering firm is looking at diversifying its traditional ship-repair business to eke out a market in the green-power sec

In her 25 plus years of living in Red Lake, Linda Craven has never seen so many cranes operating before - a good sign of development that she hopes will continue for some time.

By ANDREW WAREING Mid-October to mid-November was a tough month for 87 people working with the Smurfit-Stone corrugated medium mill in Thunder Bay. On Oct. 23, workers were told Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Historically, Atikokan has experienced economic strife before and survived, so surely the community will only gain in strength as it faces hundreds of layoffs in its main industry, a development official says.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Northern Ontario Business Synfuel Technology Inc. encountered resistance when the public had a chance to voice their concerns over the development of a $230-million power plant in Thunder Bay. The concerns relate to Sec.