Thunder Bay

The upcoming construction of a new Detroit-Windsor international bridge crossing may be grabbing all the headlines, but some Wall Street types and industrial movers and shakers think northwestern Ontario is the right place to deposit their capital.

Global Hydration , a Thunder Bay water purification company, is gaining a foothold in the mining industry and northern Manitoba.

A Thunder Bay entrepreneur has invented an aviation management and tracking software that he hopes will take off in 2013. Paul Gibson, founder of Flightop.

Charlotte Tookenay is the new face of the mining industry.

Don Wing looks upon Wasaya Dowland Contracting as having a transformational effect in giving Aboriginal people the skills and confidence to tackle a looming labour shortage in the North.

The consultants behind Thunder Bay 's plan to build an arena and conference centre are recommending a downtown location near the city's waterfront.

Sitting in the modern glass-framed boardroom of the new 19,000-square-foot Pilatus Centre Canada headquarters, it would be easy for an entrepreneur like 56-year-old Frank Kelner, to rest on his laurels and start thinking about retirement.

For 11 years, the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre has been a source of motivation and support to many first-time entrepreneurs with big ideas.

Take four long-time friends, add a passion for beer and adventure, let that ferment for a couple of years and the result is refreshing, unfiltered success.

The Port of Thunder Bay is now armed with some heavy-duty cargo-handling capability. Local port authority officials and dignitaries cut the ribbon on a new Liebherr LHM 320 mobile crane which arrived at Keefer Terminal over the summer.