Thunder Bay

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Groundbreaking to develop a $230-million power plant on Fort William First Nation in Thunder Bay may get underway early 2004.

By ANDREW WAREING Hockey, new infrastructure and new industry promises to offer Fort William First Nation a hat trick in future prosperity.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE It takes a certain entrepreneurial spirit to visualize opportunity out of mayhem. That is what Maurice Bedard of Kenora has done.

BY SCOTT HUNTER HADDOW The City of Dryden and the surrounding area is about to reap the benefits of the will and determination of community members melding together to create a new, state-of-the-art Training and Cultural Auditorium Centre.

By IAN ROSS Canadians have manufactured a centuries-old reputation as hewers of wood and drawers of water, exporting rail-car loads and ship loads of raw material for someone else to process into consumer goods. But the ongoing Canada-U.S.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Scientists at Genesis Genomics are studying over 300 prostate cancer patients for the purpose of targeting non-nuclear DNA for early detection of cancer.

By ANDREW WAREING A fledgling IT company in Thunder Bay recently graduated from the incubator stage to its own store front.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Thunder Bay and the northwestern Ontario region are urging the government to support the development of two biotechnology clusters in the North, while northeastern proponents are suggesting a pan-northern approach be pursued.

The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce recognized business leaders and businesses on April 5 at its 2003 Business Awards.

By LIVIO DI MATTEO The 1990s were unkind to Thunder Bay, but the early 21st century has witnessed a stabilization of its economy and there are now prospects for solid future growth and development.