Thunder Bay

The province has formed an interim steering committee to handle tourism marketing for Northern Ontario. The new 11-member group will operate from an office in North Bay. It replaces the Northern Ontario Tourism Marketing Corp.

N. M. Paterson and Sons Limited of Thunder Bay has finalized a deal to sell three of its ships to Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) Inc.

Thunder Bay may send a delegation to Silicon Valley to explore the possibility of exporting power there.

TransCanada Pipelines has donated $150,000 to the Native access program for engineering (NAPE) at Lakehead University. NAPE is a partnership between the corporate sector, the Aboriginal community and Lakehead University.

By Michael Lynch The Northwest Energy Association has announced a massive three-phase, $9-billion energy project that could generate up to $24 billion in revenue through increased economic activity.

By Michael Lynch Remote First Nation communities in Northern Ontario will soon have the option of connecting to multimedia services, including high-speed Internet access, tele-health, e-commerce and tele-education.

By Michael Lynch Those making predictions in March about the severity of the upcoming forest fire season in Northern Ontario are doing little more than guessing, Ontario forest fire management officials say.

In response to the forest industry's need for highly skilled employees, Thunder Bay's Confederation College and Negahneewin College of Indigenous Studies are launching a forestry worker/operator program and forestry technician progr

Four recreational facilities in northwestern Ontario will receive a total of $321,000 from the federal government. The infrastructure spending will enhance facilities at Dryden, Red Lake, Ignace and Savant Lake.

Northwestern Ontario mayors are concerned about a declining population base in the region, and are looking at ways to combat the problem.