Thunder Bay

Representatives at a Northwestern Ontario Associated Chamber of Commerce meeting in Dryden agreed to a proposal which suggests the entire region of northwestern Ontario should be designated as one of the province’s new tax-incentive zones.

The Thunder Bay Port Authority reports that a total of 660,000 tonnes of cargo was shipped from the port of Thunder Bay in the month of September. This volume is down about 70,000 tones from the same period last year. Year-to-date totals show 5.

Bearskin Airlines and Wasaya Airways have entered into negotiations to allow Wasaya Airways to acquire the Sioux Lookout northern routes and operations presently operated by Bearskin Airlines.

Site remediation is expected to get underway in the near future at Fort William First Nation industrial site.

The Northwestern Ontario Technology Centre (NOTC) has launched The Idea Factory Challenge, an innovative project designed to stimulate entrepreneurship that can help diversify northwestern Ontario's economy and provide opportunities for its

A $50,000-economic development report for the city of Kenora highlighted the type of industries suited for the area. The report recommends wood products as being the best possible industry for the city.

A 21-hour bargaining session was needed to avoid a labour disruption at Thunder Bay’s Bombardier plant. The union representing the plant's 640 workers says the three-year deal includes increases in wages, pensions and other benefits.

By Frank Scarcello Manufacturers of pressure-treated wood who use chromated copper arsenate (CCA) are operating under another kind of pressure as wood treaters have agreed to make a transition away from the use of CCA in treated lumber by Dec.

Thunder Bay officials will head south in mid-August in an attempt to secure a conditional deal to bring a former Great Lakes passenger steamer to the North as a tourist attraction.

It is relatively rare that businesses operating in small communities and rural locations get the chance to participate in a major business study, especially one designed to enable government and other parties to better identify the needs of those sam