Thunder Bay

By IAN ROSS The balance of political power in the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) shifted from east to west with October’s government cabinet shuffle and the appointment of Thunder Bay-Superior MPP Michael Gravelle to the minister’s

By IAN ROSS Techno Logic Timber, a Thunder Bay forestry company, wants to get into the cottage lot business.

By IAN ROSS Ten years ago, few made the connection that mitochondrial DNA could be used as an investigative tool to solve criminal cold cases. How quickly things have changed.

By IAN ROSS Thunder Bay Mayor Lynn Peterson says the city’s economy maybe in transition, but the forestry industry is not dead. “The industry is here to stay,” says the popular two-term mayor.

By NICK STEWART Nearly five years after its inception, Thunder Bay-based Genesis Genomics has formed a partnership with a worldwide leader in skin care to bring the company’s first product to market.

By IAN ROSS Proponents spearheading the establishment of an abattoir for the Rainy River district are finding it slowing going to secure a sizeable beef cattle commitment and keep costs down.

By IAN ROSS Northwestern Ontario's primary forest industry has experienced a wave of mill closures and job losses, but some small value-added wood producers in the Fort Frances area are expanding.

By IAN ROSS Deep in the heart of northwestern Ontario's forestry country, the Dryden Regional Training and Cultural Centre is a little known gem of high quality meeting space.

By IAN ROSS Keric Funk had a few trepidations about establishing an upscale, chic salon in blue collar Kenora. After working five years as a stylist at Winnipeg’s avant garde Edward Carriere Salon, the entrepreneurial bug got into the Steinbach, Man.

By IAN ROSS Vicki Kurz needs only to read the regional newspapers or listen to laid off mill workers to know what the score is for forestry-dependent communities like Dryden.