Thunder Bay

Nicole Reid has parlayed her restless nature into a budding business venture. The fledgling Thunder Bay entrepreneur is expecting great things from a protective footwear product for contractors and homeowners that could break big this summer.

It’s been one year since 32 communities across northwestern Ontario got together to launch its Immigration Portal to the world.

Tough economic times remain in northwestern Ontario, but construction activity in Thunder Bay was healthy in 2010. A tight resale market for homes sparked a surge in home building, said Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

This past fall, Andrew Moorey was putting the “global” in Global Hydration Water Treatment Systems.

A place to live, work and play. That’s what Thunder Bay’s city council and administration are planning to create through the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront.

Every morning when he goes to work, Steve Demmings can watch the sun peek its head out from behind the Sleeping Giant peninsula, and make its way slowly as it ascends over the north shore of Lake Superior.

Mining is big in Thunder Bay, and it only stands to get bigger. Once heavily reliant on the forestry industry, the northwestern Ontario city has been making an economic transition into health sciences and knowledge-based industries.

Sudbury isn't the only city that prides itself as a mining supply hub.

Business and opinion leaders from across the North celebrated the achievements of 10 companies and individuals at the 24th Annual Northern Ontario Business Awards (NOBA) gala, held in Thunder Bay on Oct. 8.

Harold Wilson, as the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce president and the Chief Operating Officer of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC), will be at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Sept.