Timiskaming & Region

When Jim Taylor was hired as a consultant in 2003 to take a look at Nordex Explosives , the Kirkland Lake-based manufacturer employed three people and had one pickup. “It was pretty much dormant.

Harley Twp. may only have a population of 550 people, but it does have a strategic location which businesses are finding attractive. Located just north of New Liskeard, Highway 11 runs through the township and its new industrial park fronts it.

Some people may not know what goes on inside Jean-Guy Perreault’s manufacturing shop in Earlton.

Some new serviced lots at the Dymond Industrial Park, just off Highway 11 in Temiskaming Shores , are available for purchase.

Nothing gets wasted at Fred MacKewn’s custom milling operation in Haileybury. “We are value-added three times over,” said the owner and operator of the South Wabi Sawmill .

For about six weeks this winter, Temiskaming Shores was transformed into a small community on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Latchford Mayor George Lefebvre is pleased the town’s 100-year-old control dam is slated for replacement, but he has concerns about a proposed power-generating project at the facility.

The Grant Farms ’ sprawling grain elevator facility north of New Liskeard is an impressive sight. What’s even more impressive is that nothing was there just a few years ago.

Joe Welch is one proud Canadian. That’s why you won’t find anything but Canadian-made materials in the products manufactured at Dr. Tarp in New Liskeard. As the owner, Welch even looked for Canadianmade promotional items the company hands out.

Some farmers are finding it harder to access government funding programs since their focus has changed over the years. Temiskaming District farmer Kevin Runnalls said the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.