Thunder Bay

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.

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.