Thunder Bay

Gaining a foothold in the Alberta oilsands hasn't been as easy as John Jurcik anticipated. It's been feast or famine to secure work in Western Canada for the president of Venshore Mechanical, a Thunder Bay general contractor and pipe fabricator.

Mike Rudnicki's Thunder Bay machine shop is a mecca for inventors and entrepreneurs with big ideas.

When Shelby Ch'ng gave up a good-paying desk job to open up a bridal boutique, her friends thought she was crazy. They didn't think much of her choice when she located in Thunder Bay's gritty south end business core.

Thunder Bay 's Cinevate has launched its first mass market consumer product.

Thunder Bay 's coal-burning generating station will be converted to use biomass. The city's two MPPs, Michael Gravelle and Bill Mauro, made the announcement on Nov.

The Di Gregorio Group (Bruno’s Contracting) of Thunder Bay has been selected as one of the top 10 finalists in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Private Business Growth Award.

Thunder Bay entrepreneur Barb Courte has been nominated for an RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award . Courte was named a finalist for the HKMB HUB Impact Award and the only one of the 18 finalists to hail from Northern Ontario.

Dan Topatigh has been named the new president and CEO of Tbaytel Topatigh had served as interim boss of the city's telecom provider for nine months following the departure of Don Campbell. He's served as Tbaytel's chief financial officer since 2007.

Lakehead Roofing & Metal Cladding, a Thunder Bay roofing company, was fined $50,000 in an Ontario Court of Justice in Sault Ste. Marie after a worker fell and suffered serious leg injuries in 2012.

The first new Canadian-flagged freighter on the Great Lakes in 27 years made its appearance at the Port of Thunder Bay this week. The motor vessel Baie St. Paul arrived Sept. 11 to load grain at the Viterra A elevator.