Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay may be landing another call centre. The city currently has four call centres that provide about 1,200 jobs. A Minnesota-based company is considering the city, and a southern Ontario community as potential locations.

Two proposed industrial projects for Thunder Bay have received the support of Robert Nault, federal minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. U.S. based Syn-Fuel Technologies wants to build a power plant and Bowater is planning a sawmill.

Bearskin Airlines of Thunder Bay has laid off 26 of its 430 employees as a result of a downturn in the economy. The company is blaming the Sept.

By Michael Lynch Resource-based tourism operators in the North need to focus on their greatest asset, says the new executive director of the Northern Ontario Tourist Oufitters (NOTO).

By Michael Lynch Junior mineral exploration companies in the northwest are gearing up for a summer of intense activity in the Nipigon basin.

Air Canada has reversed a decision it made in March following complaints by business passengers. The company’s 7:20 a.m. flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto was cancelled in March and replaced by an Air Canada Tango flight leaving the city at 8:50 a.

The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce has won three achievement awards from the National Association for Membership Development.

The Thunder Bay Regional Hospital came about as a result of a merger of the McKellar Hospital and the Port Arthur General Hospital.

Weyerhaeuser Inc.’s three forest lands in northwestern Ontario have been certified to the ISO Environmental Management System standard.

A $66,000 provincial investment will help First Nations and Aboriginal associations across the North share knowledge and expertise to provide better local services to their communities.