Thunder Bay

By Pauline Clark Imagine a plant that sits on a 160-acre site and has an estimated area of 10 acres under roof.

A recommendation to build a new health facility in Kenora was announced by the hospital board members at a general meeting. The existing hospital is too small for the services being offered now.

By Kelly Louiseize Interlocking Lifts and Docks moved from Manitoba to Kenora in June 2000 - a move that has pushed sales up by 100 per cent, says the local manufacturer. “This is where all the work is,” owner Ted Hermann says.

By Pauline Clark Finding accommodations in Kenora is “just about impossible right now,” says the city’s mayor. And that suits him just fine.

Mounting debt has left behind a defunct Northwestern Ontario Recycle Association (NORA) in the northwest, and Fort Frances residents without recycling service.

Cleaner and clearer air is on the agenda for Weyerhaeuser's Dryden operations. The company recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of $220-million upgrades at the Dryden pulp and paper mill.

Logging roads in the Rainy River district were reopened in early July following a three-day storm in June that brought bush operations to a standstill.

A $220-million upgrade to the 40-year-old Weyerhaeuser Dryden recovery boiler and to the pulp and paper mill was officially announced July 17. Construction on the project began in April, and is expected to last until the summer of 2004.

An aircraft company, Hicks and Lawrence, is moving from St. Thomas Airport, which is just outside London, Ont., to Dryden Airport.

By Gwen Merchant Dryden is developing a land-use implementation, servicing and development strategy plan and it is no small matter, says Brad Johns, director of engineering and public works department.