Thunder Bay

Plans are underway to keep Thunder Bay's Candy Mountain ski hill open this winter by establishing a private club.

Lakehead University's forest management study programs were awarded $1.3 million from the province's Living Legacy Trust.

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has a northern face leading the province's most influential civic lobby group with Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff elected as its new president.

By Frank Scarcello Thunder Bay Ventures, a non-profit community futures development corporation funded by Industry Canada, presented in mid-July the results of the 2002 Thunder Bay business opinion survey indicating both optimism and pessimism in the

By Ian Ross Recognizable for 87 years for the distinctive ‘P’ affixed to their black smoke stacks, the bulk freighter fleet of N. M. Paterson and Sons Ltd. of Thunder Bay has sailed into history.

Home Depot formally announced it is putting down roots in Thunder Bay having acquired 11 acres from Camrose Developments to begin construction on a store this summer at the Thunder Bay Centre. The completion date is fall, 2003.

Chukuni Communities Development Corp. has become the first community futures development corporation (CFDC) to receive long-term funding, which will enable it to do more planning for the future. The CFDC is getting a $1.

Norampac expects its Red Rock paper mill in northwestern Ontario to be back in operation just days after a fire damaged one of the plant's five boilers. The cause of the Aug.

Although unconfirmed, the Canadian National Railway Co. is looking to reopen the Rainy River Rail Terminal. Officials were in the area looking at accommodations for possible crews who will be working on the terminal.

A refurbished sawmill in Ignace remains silent after management and union broke off negotiations. The Bowater lumber mill was set to start up July 2 after a recent expansion and refurbishment project.