‘Northern Ontario Economy’ Information

SCHREIBER, ON – G.Figliomeni & Sons Inc is among an elite group of Ford and Lincoln dealerships to be recognized with the 2013 President’s Award by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. The President’s Award, Ford of Canada’s highest dealership honour, is presented annually to [Read more]

The Ontario government is investing $21,800 to support economic development in Thunder Bay-Superior North. With support from our government’s Rural Economic Development (RED) Program, the Top of the Lake Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with other area Chambers, is creating a shop-local [Read more]

Sensitivity to market volatility and concerns about rising interest rates have many investors turning to alternative strategies as a way to get downside protection. Data provider Hedge Fund Research says total assets in the global hedge fund industry have increased to $2.63 trillion.  Meanwhile, [Read more]

Ontario Investing in Northeastern Transportation Services and Infrastructure Ontario will continue to operate the motor coach, Polar Bear Express, rail freight, and refurbishment services of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) as a government-owned transportation company.  “I [Read more]

TORONTO, ON – KWG Resources Inc. (TSX-V: KWG) (“KWG”) is pleased to report that further laboratory tests on the reduction of the Black Horse chromite using natural gas have been completed. The results of these tests provide substantial encouragement that the newly developed method may be [Read more]

Mixing Alcohol and Local Foods — LCBO Express Stores Coming to Grocery Stores Ontario is making it more convenient for people to buy local food and alcohol in grocery stores with the first LCBO Express stores to open by the end of 2014.  Located inside large grocery retailers, the smaller-format [Read more]

  As Benjamin Franklin said, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”  Fortunately for some Canadian investors, the latter can be controlled.  For those investing outside their registered plans, corporate class funds offer a tax efficient means of [Read more]

TERRACE BAY, ON – Council and Administration of the Township of Terrace Bay presented their plan today for adjusting to the recent loss of over $500,000 in tax revenue. The “Moving Forward Plan” was presented to Municipal employees in the morning followed by a public presentation [Read more]

THUNDER BAY, ON  – CRIBE is partnering with GreenField Specialty Alcohols  (formerly GreenField Ethanol) to test and develop a technology that, if successful, will lead to significant economic and operational gains for pulp mills by providing new revenue streams as well as a more efficient [Read more]

Ontario Government Building Stronger Communities, Creating Jobs  The Ontario Liberal government is investing more than $3 million to support improvements to three critical infrastructure projects in Thunder Bay-Superior North. The province is supporting these improvements through the Small, Rural [Read more]

Province Building Stronger Communities, Creating Jobs Ontario is investing close to $27 million to support improvements to critical infrastructure while creating local construction jobs in Northeastern Ontario. The province is supporting 28 projects through the Small, Rural and Northern [Read more]

Approximately 40 people turned out for the Open House hosted by the Township of Terrace Bay to answer questions on the pre-engineered housing process.  Terrace Bay invited experienced company Northern Superior Structural Solutions to come and educate residents that may be interested.  The company [Read more]

Over the past 6 months, Administration for the Township of Terrace Bay has been working hard to identify ways to cut costs and streamline operations.  The LED Streetlight replacement project is almost complete and is expected to save approximately $40,000 a year in electricity and maintenance. The [Read more]

As I travel across Algoma-Manitoulin I continue to hear your frustration with rising electricity costs. This week at Queen’s Park New Democrat leader Andrea Horwath unveiled our plan to cut hydro waste and pass the savings on via $100 rebate. Ontarians are paying the highest electricity prices in [Read more]

Original webcast of Barrick’s presentation: BMO Capital Markets Global Metals & Mining Conference held live February 24, 2014 at 10:00 AM EST from Hollywood, Florida, CLICK HERE to review the PDF version. [Read more]