Thunder Bay

Silvio Di Gregorio is one of of the Thunder Bay's biggest promoters.

By IAN ROSS If this newfangled forest bio-economy grows any roots in Ontario, its research and commercialization hub will be Thunder Bay.

By IAN ROSS Thunder Bay is going to transform its economy, and it's going to do it sooner than later. That well-worn story of Thunder Bay as a battered forestry mill town with hundreds of lost jobs? It's yesterday's news.

By IAN ROSS Jon Wynn is a true believer in the power of the web. For years, his Thunder Bay store, Gear It Up for Outdoors, was bumping along, losing money or barely breaking even.

By IAN ROSS What makes an effective leader is a question that constantly swirls inside Bryan Poulin's head.

The Racco family are out to change the whole junky stigma behind the auto graveyard.

By IAN ROSS Two years after famed biotechnology guru and best-selling author Juan Enriquez spoke at a Thunder Bay conference, Bob Thayer’s brain is still buzzing about the event.

By IAN ROSS A local ownership group looking to re-open the shuttered Cascades mill into a specialty paper mill is already looking for employees. Spokesman Andre Nicol for Thunder Bay Fine Papers says closing the complex deal with Cascades Inc.

By IAN ROSS A Thunder Bay fencing company has retooled to pursue a cross-Canada market with new automated and more decorative products geared to the commercial and residential market.

By IAN ROSS On a blustery November and December day in the past, Gerry Dawson would be reachable only by radio. Not so this year for the president of Thunder Bay Tug Services.