Thunder Bay

By Dianne Gouliquer Upgrades to Thunder Bay's aging infrastructure are pressing ahead as planned, city engineer Doug Scott says.

By Dianne Gouliquer An estimated $2 million will be spent on a new commercial tire centre in Thunder Bay later this year when Fountain Tire amalgamates its two existing facilities.

By Dianne Gouliquer Modelled after a similar attraction in Toronto, Thunder Bay's Northern Knights Feast is the city's newest tourism draw, and officials say the medieval-style dinner theatre is already attracting between 200 and 30

By Dianne Gouliquer Thunder Bay is seeing its fair share of new business startups in all sectors, the local chamber of commerce reports, and the result is a steady growth of new job opportunities.

By Dianne Gouliquer Networking is possibly the most valuable management tool available to everyone, a top official with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) says.

By Dianne Gouliquer A wealth of business opportunities for the city of Thunder Bay lies in the construction of a new multi-event facility, a local businessman says.

About 100 construction jobs will be created in Thunder Bay during the first phase of a proposed $9-billion power generation plant. Officials from St.

Two hundred unionized workers at Thunder Bay's Great West Timber lumber mill have been laid off indefinitely due to a shortage of long-length logs. A return-to-work date has not been set yet, according to a spokesman for the company.

The owners of Thunder Bay-based Signs Now franchise have been recognized as one of 23 Regional Franchisees of the Year by the Signs Now Corp.

A provincial committee comprised of MPPs has tabled its final report on alternative fuel sources, concluding that the coal-fired generating plants in Thunder Bay and Atikokan should either be closed within three years, or converted to cleaner-burning