Thunder Bay

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

By Michael Lynch Hype over a big-ticket energy project is not the first economic development proposal in recent years that grabbed the attention of the Thunder Bay business community, but it is the second.

By Ian Ross With Georgia on his mind, Lakehead University’s business development officer John Guerard returned from a FedNor trade mission to Atlanta last month with some “promising” leads in marketing the school’s paleo-DNA lab.

By Michael Lynch Thousands of Northern Ontario jobs are hedging on whether the lumber market in the United States will be able to absorb steep duties that have been imposed on Canadian imports, softwood lumber producers say. In May the U.S.

By Ian Ross Affordability is the story behind a surge in home sales in Thunder Bay through the first four months of 2002, says a market analyst for Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp.

By Diana Scheddin A professor at Confederation College has developed software that will give individuals who are visually impaired a chance to read books once again.