Thunder Bay

Food Fight

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

Oct 7, 2002 5:49 PM Read more >

Business leaders petition to keep agricultural station open (10/02)

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.

Oct 2, 2002 4:10 PM Read more >

Ski resort closes, future in limbo (10/02)

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

Oct 2, 2002 4:06 PM Read more >

Kenora phone company considers fibre optics network purchase (10/02)

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.

Oct 2, 2002 3:58 PM Read more >

Heritage fund injects $5.5M into Thunder Bay region (10/02)

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.

Oct 2, 2002 3:55 PM Read more >

Tax-incentive zones should be across the north, chambers say (10/02)

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.

Oct 2, 2002 3:53 PM Read more >

Cargo shipments down (10/02)

The Thunder Bay Port Authority reports that a total of 660,000 tonnes of cargo was shipped from the port of Thunder Bay in the month of September. This volume is down about 70,000 tones from the same period last year. Year-to-date totals show 5.

Oct 2, 2002 3:40 PM Read more >

Bearskin, Wasaya negotiate joint commercial agreements (9/02)

Bearskin Airlines and Wasaya Airways have entered into negotiations to allow Wasaya Airways to acquire the Sioux Lookout northern routes and operations presently operated by Bearskin Airlines.

Sep 25, 2002 4:19 PM Read more >

Environmental cleanup expected to get underway (9/02)

Site remediation is expected to get underway in the near future at Fort William First Nation industrial site.

Sep 25, 2002 3:58 PM Read more >

Project designed to stimulate entrepreneurship in northwest (9/02)

The Northwestern Ontario Technology Centre (NOTC) has launched The Idea Factory Challenge, an innovative project designed to stimulate entrepreneurship that can help diversify northwestern Ontario's economy and provide opportunities for its

Sep 25, 2002 3:56 PM Read more >