Thunder Bay

Northwestern Ontario is proving to be favourable ground for renewable energy developers to scope out property.

By IAN ROSS The City of Dryden expects to land a mineral exploration company shortly to begin work this year on a package of assembled properties in an old gold mining camp.

By IAN ROSS Despite his idyllic mill location overlooking the wind-swept pine islands of Lake of the Woods, Rod McKay is on the desolate front lines of Northern Ontario's battered forestry industry.

By IAN ROSS For 30 years, Dryden's Riverview Lodge has built up a stellar word-of-mouth reputation for elegant dining.

By IAN ROSS In the height of the summer fire season, Dryden Regional Airport is a rollicking place.

By NICK STEWART In a fiercely competitive industry, brothers Harvey and Cliff Friesen have used their entrepreneurial gusto to keep their company, Bearskin Airlines, soaring for nearly 40 years.

By IAN ROSS The Anishinabek Nation has unveiled a bold economic plan to eradicate poverty among its 42 Ontario communities over the next two decades.

By IAN ROSS The first step in a massive five-year makeover of the former Port Arthur waterfront begins this summer. Once the frost leaves and construction begins on a new skateboard/BMX park at Marina Park.

By IAN ROSS For Andre Nicol, the months of organizing the finances to reopen the former Cascades paper mill is over. The heavy lifting of restarting plant machinery now begins.

By IAN ROSS A Sudbury junior took home top honours for its discovery of a nickel-copper discovery in northwestern Ontario.