Thunder Bay

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

Canadian National Railway re-established its line between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances in late June after severe flooding washed out some sections.

Synfuel Technologies is in the process of doing some environmental testing to assess whether to build a petroleum-coke power plant in Thunder Bay. An independent company has begun burning different ratios of chemicals in Tulsa, Okla.

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.

An American company is considering opening a call centre in Thunder Bay that would employ a potential 450 people. The company, Young America, is looking to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

Thunder Bay's Lakehead University now offers its business leadership program to outlying communities through videoconferencing technology.

By Ian Ross With their long-standing complaints on Canada’s forestry policy having fallen on deaf ears, the Nishnawbe Aski Nations (NAN) has joined with British Columbia Aboriginals in taking a controversial stand in the ongoing Canada-U.S.

By Gwen Merchant The voice of the natural resource industry is slowly being drowned out by the noise of innovation, and people are listening.

By Gwen Merchant Thinking of opening your own business? Need some help? Read on. Thunder Bay’s Confederation College has partnered with Productive Publications to publish a series of books dealing with entrepreneurship and small business development.

Houston Lake Mining Inc. in Val Caron, in the City of Greater Sudbury, and Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. have formed a partnership in an exploration project on Houston’s Tib Lake property in search of platinum groups, nickel, and copper minerals.