Thunder Bay

By IAN ROSS Proponents spearheading the establishment of an abattoir for the Rainy River district are finding it slowing going to secure a sizeable beef cattle commitment and keep costs down.

By IAN ROSS Northwestern Ontario's primary forest industry has experienced a wave of mill closures and job losses, but some small value-added wood producers in the Fort Frances area are expanding.

By IAN ROSS Deep in the heart of northwestern Ontario's forestry country, the Dryden Regional Training and Cultural Centre is a little known gem of high quality meeting space.

By IAN ROSS Keric Funk had a few trepidations about establishing an upscale, chic salon in blue collar Kenora. After working five years as a stylist at Winnipeg’s avant garde Edward Carriere Salon, the entrepreneurial bug got into the Steinbach, Man.

By IAN ROSS Vicki Kurz needs only to read the regional newspapers or listen to laid off mill workers to know what the score is for forestry-dependent communities like Dryden.

By IAN ROSS Early one morning Jennifer Rasmussen's neighbour, clad in shorts, ambled out onto his dock, a steaming coffee mug and cell phone in hand, and slumped into his Adirondack chair.

By IAN ROSS Like mining and forestry, aviation is a cyclical industry.

By Ian Ross The demand for nurses has never been higher in Canada. With the gap between supply and demand for nurses expected to balloon to 78,000 by 2011, it's a job hunter's market for Lakehead University students.

By IAN ROSS The science of upgrading tree seeds may seem like “voo-doo magic” to some in the forestry industry, but one Thunder Bay seed technologist is gaining more converts all the time.

By IAN ROSS A new owner is at the helm of Thunder Bay’s Pascol Engineering. The Upper Lakes Group Inc., has assumed ownership of Pascol after its insolvent parent company, Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd.