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Medieval dinner theatre city's newest tourist attraction (6/01)

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

Rise in job opportunities attributed to small-business startups (6/01)

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.

Networking: women can learn from everyone they meet in business world (6/01)

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.

Businessman lobbies for facility (6/01)

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.

Mega power plant construction plans unveiled (6/02)

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.

Lumber mill issues layoffs (6/02)

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.

Thunder Bay franchise recognized (6/02)

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.

Close northwestern coal-fired power plants, provincial committee proposes (6/02)

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

U.S.-based company plans massive energy project (6/02)

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.

Trade mission links researchers to U.S.-based institutions (6/02)

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.