Thunder Bay

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.

In a volatile tourism market where visitors and major hotel chains were holding the line on personal and capital spending, Thunder Bay weathered the economic storm quite nicely.

There’s not too much to cheer about in Red Rock these days. The community of 1,060, an hour’s drive east of Thunder Bay, has been without a major employer since Norampac closed its Kraft papermill in 2006.

The kind of parties that Vanderwees Home & Garden Centre throws usually brings out the cops.

A food research expert is adopting a wait-and-see approach to a marketing push by Safeway grocery chain to provide shelf space for locally grown food.

Doug Smith is an adventurer with a heart of gold. His voice resonates with enthusiasm and energy and he cannot seem to talk fast enough to get his idea out. His confident demeanor and respectful response can make anyone feel good about who they are.