Thunder Bay

By Frank Scarcello The revitalization of university hockey in Thunder Bay may very well be the catalyst for future development of a new arena for the city, says the president of Lakehead University.

By Frank Scarcello Two hospital facilities will become surplus next year when the new Thunder Bay Regional Hospital opens.

By Frank Scarcello Plans by Synfuel Technologies, a small Illinois-based energy company, to build a 120-megawatt cogeneration plant in Thunder Bay are progressing, according to Robert Van Patten, president of the company.

Thunder Bay’s Candy Mountain Ski Resort is shutting down and its owner is concentrating its snowmaking machines at Loch Lomond Ski Area.

By Frank Scarcello The sight of three boarded-up former Safeway stores in Thunder Bay suggests the company is gone for good from the community, but many former employees are fighting to the end to get the company to reopen the stores in order to get

Delegates attending the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chamber of Commerce's general meeting in Dryden are calling on the province to keep agricultural research centres in Thunder Bay and Emo open.

Thunder Bay's Candy Mountain Ski Resort is shutting down and its owner is concentrating its snowmaking machines at Loch Lomond Ski Area.

Kenora Municipal Telephone is looking at purchasing a fibre optics network at a cost of $980,000. The network would provide local residents with a number of new choices for data circuits and long-distance services.

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund announced it will pump $5.5 million for infrastructure improvements in the Thunder Bay area. Most of the money will go towards local roadwork. Over $800,000 will be used to attract more call centres to the city.

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.