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New ownership gives direction for shipyard

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.

'Renaissance' waterfront plan approved

By IAN ROSS Thunder Bay is opening the doors to waterfront development. With a community-endorsed master plan fresh off the designer’s board, the city is preparing to make its $100-million Prince Arthur’s Landing project become reality.

New financiers for Cascades paper mill

By IAN ROSS A Thunder Bay group pursuing the acquisition of a mothballed Cascades mill has found a new source of financing.

Researching Ontario's new forestry economy

By IAN ROSS Lakehead University’s head of research wants to build on the momentum of a $6 million provincial investment by building a world class forestry centre of excellence.

Growing Thunder Bay’s port in the 21st Century

The Lakehead’s economic history is inextricably bound with its transshipment role first as the rendezvous hub at Fort William during the Northwest Company fur trade era and later as the world’s largest grain port during the course of the twentieth ce

Serving up the micro-suds

By IAN ROSS A Thunder Bay entrepreneur who’s commercializing his love for beer-making into a microbrewery is whetting the local appetite for home-brewed suds.

Oil patch offers terminal attraction

By IAN ROSS The explosion of worldwide container traffic and the exacting manufacturing demands for just-in-time efficiencies has the Thunder Bay Port Authority investigating new ways to attract shippers and carriers to the historic grain handling fa

Purchasing clubs is often a shot in the dark

By NICK STEWART With numerous styles, types and price ranges varying wildly between hundreds to thousands of dollars, purchasing golf clubs can be a bewildering experience even for the seasoned golfer.

First Nation communities a focus for Lynx North

By NICK STEWART With a mandate of improving the quality of life of its First Nations stakeholders, Thunder Bay’s Lynx North Engineering has spent the last 11 years on projects ranging from basic development planning to full-scale water treatment faci

Go West: TBay firm eyes Alberta oil sands projects

By IAN ROSS Alberta’s runaway oil and gas industry has stretched its labour and manufacturing capacity to its limits.