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Trade success linked to relationships (5/03)

By LORNA OLSON Face-to-face meetings with prospective clients, even if it means traveling across the border to the United States from time to time, has allowed Bob Tomlinson to penetrate the U.S.

Competition, state of industry pose challenge for air charter service (5/03)

By IAN ROSS If you have ever sustained a serious injury at a remote work site or needed emergency surgery and had to be air-lifted to a medical centre in Toronto or London, chances are it was aboard a Thunder Airlines aircraft. Thunder Airlines Ltd.

Adventure business hikes away with excellence award (5/03)

By IAN ROSS Walk into Diane Petryna’s outdoor sporting goods store in Thunder Bay and you will not be bombarded by thumping testosterone-laden rock music or acres of rack space that cater almost exclusively to men.

NOTC banking on support for health project (5/03)

By ANDREW WAREING A tissue bank may be a good idea in theory, but a study is currently underway to determine whether or not in practice it could sustain itself.

Lakehead University to examine watersheds (5/03)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Lumber and logging companies will better understand how their forestry practices impact the water quantity and quality in forest harvesting operations due to a new project that is spearheaded by Lakehead University’s water and nutr

Aviation industry set to take off (5/03)

By IAN ROSS This year is a much-anticipated time at Thunder Bay International Airport.

Thunder Bay’s marketing efforts bearing fruit

By KATHERINE THOMPSON NELSON It will be a banner year for conventions and meetings in Thunder Bay, says Derik Brandt, tourism and economic development manager for the City of Thunder Bay.

IW Awards attract renowned speaker (5/03)

Yvonne Camus is not a typical business executive, and an Eco-Challenge is not a typical quest to hone one’s executive skills.

Thunder Bay takes stock of strengths, prepares to cluster (4/03)

By ANDREW WAREING A community trying to be something it is not can become an economic development equation that can equal disaster, says an official with the City of Thunder Bay.

Mill investigated following chemical leak (8/02)

Dryden residents spent some anxious hours wondering if the community would be evacuated following a chlorine dioxide leak from Weyerhaeuser's pulp and paper mill on July 30.