Thunder Bay

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.

The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) didn’t have to reach far to nab its new CEO. The global search for the successor to Steve Demmings was already in town.

Staff at the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre have settled into new digs at Confederation College in Thunder Bay .

The province’s popular Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. programming (NOHFC) is going under review.

Coal shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay were up dramatically in August compared to the same period last year. The port authority recorded 102,383 tonnes of coal for the month compared to 43,014 during August, 2012.

Six businesses in the Thunder Bay -Atikokan riding of MPP Bill Mauro are receiving money from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Dental Hygiene Smiles pockets $125,000 to open a clinic in Thunder Bay.

Forestry veteran Doug Murray is the new chief executive officer of the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC). He replaces Steve Demmings who left in March after six years in the position.

For northwestern Ontario community leaders, if there's a physical symbol of the glacial pace of provincial power planning, it's the dormant Thunder Bay Generating Station.

Brook McIlroy, the designers of Thunder Bay's Prince Arthur's Landing , announced they are first design studio in Canada to be recognized by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.