Thunder Bay

By Kelly Louiseize Interlocking Lifts and Docks moved from Manitoba to Kenora in June 2000 - a move that has pushed sales up by 100 per cent, says the local manufacturer. “This is where all the work is,” owner Ted Hermann says.

By Pauline Clark Finding accommodations in Kenora is “just about impossible right now,” says the city’s mayor. And that suits him just fine.

Mounting debt has left behind a defunct Northwestern Ontario Recycle Association (NORA) in the northwest, and Fort Frances residents without recycling service.

Cleaner and clearer air is on the agenda for Weyerhaeuser's Dryden operations. The company recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of $220-million upgrades at the Dryden pulp and paper mill.

Logging roads in the Rainy River district were reopened in early July following a three-day storm in June that brought bush operations to a standstill.

A $220-million upgrade to the 40-year-old Weyerhaeuser Dryden recovery boiler and to the pulp and paper mill was officially announced July 17. Construction on the project began in April, and is expected to last until the summer of 2004.

An aircraft company, Hicks and Lawrence, is moving from St. Thomas Airport, which is just outside London, Ont., to Dryden Airport.

By Gwen Merchant Dryden is developing a land-use implementation, servicing and development strategy plan and it is no small matter, says Brad Johns, director of engineering and public works department.

Industrial Wood and Allied Workers of Canada Local 2693 members are in favour of striking at two area sawmills in Sapawe, Ont.

The mayor of Fort Frances says he would use his position on the provincial government's nuisance bear committee to lobby for the reinstatement of the spring bear hunt.