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Northern Ontario Business Awards 2008.(NORTH BAY)
Northern Ontario Business Awards celebrated their 22nd year with a. sold-out crowd at the North Bay's Best Western on Lakeshore Drive, October 9. More than 500 leaders from industry, government an . . .

A message from the mayor of north bay.
We are thrilled to be part of this year's awards ceremony - a tradition for many years in the Northern Ontario region. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [I . . .

A message from the president of Laurentian Media Group.
As I write, the Prime Minister has called an election and as you read this, our local wannabe MPs are running flat out for your support next week. I have no idea what will happen, but it is fairly s . . .

A message from the publisher of Northern Ontario Business.(Patricia Mills)
Moving a Gala Celebration around Northern Ontario every fall to a different venue and a different hotel is an exercise in creativity and sometimes, ingenuity. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When we brin . . .

David Lauzon.(entrepeneur of the year)(North Bay's Gateway Helicopters Ltd.)
David Lauzon chalks up his aviation company's early success to the destructive power of Mother Nature. If it weren't for a record year of forest fires in 1995 that ravaged Ontario and parts of Wes . . .

Cementation Canada Inc.(company of the year (51 +))
Showing respect for clients, suppliers, and its employees is what makes Cementation Canada a world-class company in more ways than on the balance sheet. Though the name of the 1,500-employee mine . . .

Twiggs Coffee Company.(first nation business award of excellence)
In a market typically dominated by a chain bearing the name of a famous Canadian hockey player, Twiggs Coffee Company has skilfully carved out a space for itself with a name that's become famous in . . .

Northern Communications Services Inc. / true steel security.(innovation award)
Through its creative solutions to widespread problems, Northern Communication's innovations are helping people to live better lives, longer. The Sudbury-based call management services firm has pio . . .

Nipissing District Developmental Screen.(judges choice)
What began as a great idea in the heart of North Bay's child development community 15 years ago may soon be used to examine the health of every single child in Ontario. Known as the Nipissing Dist . . .

Jeremy Dickson.(young entrepreneur of the year)
Jeremy Dickson grew up surrounded by the beauty and ruggedness of Quetico country, and White Otter Park with more than 4,800-square miles of northwestern Ontario shoreline, cliffs, marshlands, porta . . .

Thank you judges.(Michelle Gibson of Kuch Stephenson Gibson Malo Architects & Engineer)(Donna Hilsinger of Sault Ste. Marie)(Mic
MICHELLE GIBSON Michelle Gibson is a registered architect since 1996 and a founding partner of Kuch Stephenson Gibson Malo Architects & Engineer, established in 2002. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mi . . .

Air Base Property Corp.(entrepreneurial community)
The creation of North Bay's aerospace industry can be attributed to a determined bunch of civic-minded citizens who wouldn't stand for a take-it-or-leave-it attitude from Ottawa. When the last of . . .

Uptown auto parts inc.(company of the year (16-50))
Exceptional customer service, backed with hard work, dedication and persistence, has forged Timmins Uptown Auto Parts' annual growth since its inception. In recognition of the company's progressiv . . .

Brulerie Old Rock Roastery Inc.(company of the year (1-15))
A blue-collar mining town like Sudbury relies on a solid mug of java. With coffee outlets on every busy corner morning drive-through traffic that spills out onto city streets, some people close to . . .

Veronique Doucet.(union gas essay scholarship)
As the globe struggles with human impact on the environment, green-minded leaders of tomorrow like Veronique Doucet are looking to the benefits Northern communities could see from proper eco-steward . . .

A message from the premier of Ontario.(Dalton McGuinty)(Brief article)
On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am delighted to extend warm greetings to everyone attending the 22nd annual Northern Ontario Business Awards (NOBA). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This worthwh . . .

Congratulations! Since the inception of the Business Awards program in 1986, the Northern Ontario Business Awards have been pres
* Company of the Year (51+ employees) ** Fnx Mining Company Inc. Sudbury (2007) ** DST Consulting Engineers Inc., Thunder Bay (2006) ** G-P Flakeboard Company Sault Ste. Marie (2005) ** Clar . . .

Message from the mayor of Sault Ste Marie Northern Ontario Business Awards 2009.
On behalf of the City Council and the community of Sault Ste. Marie, I would like to invite all delegates to the City of Sault Ste. Marie for the 23rd annual Northern Ontario Business Awards in 2009 . . .

The colleted wisdom of ...(Interview)(Brief article)
Name: Gino Chitaroni Title[s]: Councillor, Town of Cobalt President, Blackstone Development Inc., President/ Manager, Polymet Labs Residence: Cobalt [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Q If you weren't in . . .

Read this: TWO in the Bush.(Brief article)(Book review)
TITLE: TWO IN THE BUSH By John Moore Reviewed by Bill McLeod Two in the Bush is a cracking good tale about John and Ruth Moore and their adventures in Northeastern Ontario in the years just af . . .

Figuratively speaking.(NEWS)
Percentage of inbound phone leads that are lost by most marketing companies according to Second Approach services: 60-80 Percentage of small and medium businesses that would pay for better on-line . . .

Cash grab on SME merchants.(NEWS)
Small businesses are feeling cornered as major credit card companies and banks are about to inflict a huge cash grab on Canadian merchants. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New types of premium credit car . . .

On the importance of being negative.(PRESIDENT'S NOTE)(Column)
I was sitting down in the living room the other day trying to figure out how to explain the nature of politics to my 10-year old daughter, Jackie. Not that she had asked of course, but it seemed sen . . .

Beer ads and tax policy.(ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING)
Beer ads try to connect with your lizard brain. They sneak signals past the prefrontal cortex to the places that deal with food, fear and sex. It's sneaky, but it works. A TV ad with quick movement, . . .

Go forth and diversify-meeting today's challenges; West Parry Sound area leaders want to roll out the carpet for new business.(N
The Parry Sound area has always been a popular place for cottagers and campers. But when the main economic driver is the tourism and hospitality industry, it's subject to a degree of uncertainty f . . .

Ontario Court of Appeal reserves final decision on stumpage fee; Sault hardwood mill operator confident value charge will be rep
An Ontario Court of Appeal is reserving judgement on whether the province's Residual Value Charge (RVC), a forestry stumpage fee, is a legitimate or an illegal charge on hardwood sawmill companies. . . .

Finding the right balance: for 80 years, NOTO has been the voice of Northern wilderness tourism.(NORTH BAY)(Northern Ontario Tou
Doug Reynolds likes to think of the Northern Ontario Tourist Outfitters Association (NOTO) as a voice of calm and reason in the midst of mass confusion. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When phone calls s . . .

Mining supplier ramps up into production: Atlas Copco doubles manufacturing space with new shop.(NORTH BAY)
September was a busy month for Atlas Copco general manager Jeff Hagar. Management at the North Bay mining supplier were preparing to head to the Las Vegas Mine Expo to showcase their wares, while si . . .

Canadore and Nip U are big spenders ... in a good way: combined schools make $172 million local impact.(NORTH BAY)
Post-secondary institutes in North Bay have a value beyond just a diploma. An impact study by Nipissing University economic professor Chris Sarlo says the combined economic impact of the university . . .

A light bulb idea for Nortek: technology firm sees new market in aviation industry.(NORTH BAY)
For Nortek Computers, it always helps to have an edge. The 25-employee North Bay technology company has made its mark retrieving lost data from people's crippled hard drives. Now it has a new spec . . .

Capturing light and language: North Bay firm follows its own 'orders' of sustainability.(Seeds OF Success)(Larocque Elder Archit
While Dr. Gilles Larocque was busy putting people back together as a surgeon, his young son Jean was more fascinated in taking his toys apart to see how things worked. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "It . . .

Wash-and-wear to any fire: firefighter bunker gear is big business for this cleaner.(NORTH BAY)
Consider it a heavy-duty laundromat. For firefighters exposed to unseen hazards of germs, pathogens, bacteria and micro-organisms, there are few places to have their grimy bunker gear properly cle . . .

Fort Frances poised to diversify: building on cross-border business, value-added industry and mineral exploration has EDO excite
For one-industry towns like Fort Frances, dependent on the region's shaky forest products sector for its economic livelihood, diversification is always the watchword. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Loca . . .

Rainy River farmers take the market by the horns; Abattoir, farmers' market, eat-local campaign have growers, producers encourag
Devlin beef farmer Kim Cornell wouldn't call himself the pied piper of wireless, but it's sure paying off in building a loyal following. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] His investment in a wireless Visa/ . . .

Gold, base metals, diamonds have junior miners hopping; Fertile ground for a cluster of exploration projects.(FORT FRANCES / RAI
The never-ending search for new mineral deposits has spread into the Fort Frances-Rainy River district. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A slew of exploration juniors have been working ground and taking s . . .

Apollo gold kicks off drilling program.(IN BRIEF)
With its Timmins-area Black Fox project expected to begin production in 2009, Apollo Gold has begun a surface core drill program on its nearby Grey Fox site. This 3,000-metre program seeks to conf . . .

Changes to Mining Act too 'hasty.' says Atikokan Mayor.(IN BRIEF)
Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown isn't thrilled with the provincial government's attempt to fast-track public consultations before making changes to the Mining Act. In a letter to Northern Development . . .

Dressing for success in the workplace is a must: clothes can project powerful image.(NEWS)
When asked if it's ever appropriate to wear shorts to work in the summer, Tony D'Angelo sits speechless for a moment. "You're not going to get my vote. I wouldn't think so in an office. I don't th . . .

We've all "been there, done that".(NEWS)
It's mid September and I'm standing in the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre in Wawa watching a half-dozen young children go through their early hockey season workouts. Only four short years ag . . .

FNX Mining Company Inc.: digging deep for its employees.
When a research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada recently spent some time at FNX Mining Company Inc.'s Sudbury offices, she soon found herself adrift in a sea of company-branded clothi . . .

Wardrop engineering: engineering employee development with Wardrop.(BEST PLACES TO WORK IN NORTHERN ONTARIO)(Company overview)
When Wardrop Engineering Inc.'s vice-president of human resources James Popel says that Northern Ontario personnel are key to the international firm, he's not just blowing smoke. [ILLUSTRATION OMI . . .

Auto parts central: employees are the sum of its parts.(BEST PLACES TO WORK IN NORTHERN ONTARIO)(Company overview)
Asign of a good leader is someone who finds people headed in the right direction and gets in front of them. At least this is the way-Wayne Maunula, co-owner of Auto Parts Central, sees it. [ILLUST . . .

United supply: supplying a family environment.(BEST PLACES TO WORK IN NORTHERN ONTARIO)(Company overview)
There is something to be said for family-run medium-sized companies when the CEO, presidents and owners can share in conversation with a warehouse employee over a cup of morning coffee. [ILLUSTRAT . . .

Cementation Canada: concrete commitments to personnel.(BEST PLACES TO WORK IN NORTHERN ONTARIO)(Company overview)
As one of the great Northern heavyweights of mine-building, Cementation Canada Inc. sees its greatest resource to be its ever-growing workforce, whose development is key to its success. [ILLUSTRAT . . .

Jannatec, shining the light on industry safety: Focusable LED mining lamp first of its kind.(NEWS)
Hoping to shine a light on the evolution of safety equipment in the mining industry, Sudbury's Jannatec Radio Technologies will soon unveil the world's first focusable LED mining cap lamp. [ILLUST . . .

Northerners at the biggest mining event.(NEWS)
Northern Ontario's mining supply and service sector was out in full force at MINExpo in Las Vegas, September 22 to 24. Held every four years, the biggest mining show in the world attracted more than . . .

Around the north.(NEWS)
T-Bay council gives thumbs up to development proposal A waterfront development proposal of hotel and condos from a construction consortium led by Man-Shield Development was unanimously endorsed by . . .

Networking high on BDC's agenda.(NEWS)
As a small business owner it is hard to imagine how going to another event that is asking $50 for a ticket can help enhance the business' future. And yet it is hard to imagine how one can miss the . . .

Promoting and protecting Canadian's mental health.(SPECIAL REPORT HEALTH & SAFETY)
It is hard to explain why Janet didn't show up for work in the morning. It is hard for an employer to understand that it isn't laziness or a lack of interest in her job, but depression that has a . . .

Sudbury safety conference sees record numbers: turn out 200 per cent increase over the past five years.(HEALTH & SAFETY)(Confere
The rising concern over health and safety is apparently not lost on Northern Ontario businesses, with attendance of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA)'s 2008 Safety Solutions conf . . .