Ontario Supporting Small Business Expansion, Creating Jobs Ontario is helping to build a stronger, more diverse northern economy while creating jobs in Marathon, Schreiber and Terrace Bay. With support from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), four economic [Read more]
Ontario Government Strengthening Northern Economy, Creating Jobs Ontario is creating 13 new jobs while improving infrastructure along a stretch of Highway 17 near Marathon. “Our government is improving infrastructure across the province, which creates jobs and strengthens our economy. [Read more]
Ontario Government Committed to Growing Regional Economies Across the Province Premier Kathleen Wynne chaired a jobs roundtable in Thunder Bay today as she continued her tour of Northern Ontario. Premier Wynne heard from local business leaders about how the government can help them grow and [Read more]
NOHFC Aligning Programs with Growth Plan for Northern Ontario Ontario is taking a coordinated, long-term approach to strengthening economic prosperity and stimulating innovation, entrepreneurship and business development in the North through a review of its Northern Ontario Heritage Fund [Read more]
Ontario Government Strengthening Northern Economy, Creating Jobs Ontario is supporting more than 1,000 jobs with the construction of a new four-lane cable-stayed bridge along the Highway 11-17 corridor east of Thunder Bay. Construction of the bridge over the Nipigon River will be a key part of the [Read more]
Ontario Strengthening Economy, Economic Development in the North Ontario’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is celebrating its 25th year of building strong, prosperous and sustainable northern communities by continuing to support a range of economic development projects. In [Read more]
Ontario Strengthening Northern Economy, Creating Jobs Ontario is creating about 150 jobs with improvements to infrastructure on Highway 17 near Nipigon. More than 31 kilometres of Highway 17 east of the Highway 11 junction is being resurfaced. The project will include the replacement Jackfish River [Read more]
New Ontario Government Boosting Manufacturing Capacity in Thunder Bay THUNDER BAY, ON – Ontario is helping to build a stronger, more diverse northern economy by making it easier for entrepreneurs to use technology to develop and manufacture products in Thunder Bay. With support from the [Read more]
New Ontario Government Lays Foundations for Future Growth A number of communities and First Nations in Northwestern Ontario are identifying investment opportunities that will create new jobs and grow the local economy. With support from the Northern Communities Investment Readiness (NCIR) [Read more]
Ontario has appointed Daryl Skworchinski (of Marathon) as chair of the province’s Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation (NFMC). In addition, Grant Goodwin (Manitouwadge), Donald Fry (Sault Ste. Marie), Raymond Boudreau (Dorion), Tina Forsyth (White River), and Gaétan Malette [Read more]
New Ontario Government Creating Jobs, Building a Stronger Northern Economy The construction of a new cable-stayed bridge along the Highway 11-17 expansion east of Thunder Bay will make travel easier and safer for families and businesses while strengthening tourism and the economy in the north. This [Read more]
McGuinty Government Growing Forestry Sector, Creating Jobs Ontario has entered into an historic partnership with Obishikokaang Resources, a forest management corporation owned by Lac Seul First Nation, by issuing an enhanced Forest Resource Licence that will create jobs and boost the local economy. [Read more]
IMPROVING HIGHWAY 11 NEAR BEARDMORE Once completed, the project will link the newly-resurfaced stretch of Highway 11 from Nipigon all the way through Beardmore. A 49 km stretch of the highway was renewed, from Nipigon to OrientBay, last summer. Ontario is repaving nearly 30 kilometres of Highway [Read more]
McGuinty Government Growing Forestry Sector, Creating Jobs Ontario has established the province’s first Local Forest Management Corporation, the Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation, to re-energize the forestry sector, create jobs and boost the economy. This government agency will [Read more]
McGuinty Government Helps Young People Develop Skills, Build Careers Ontario is helping young northerners gain hands-on work experience and find jobs by investing in internships and work placements across Northern Ontario. Through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation’s (NOHFC) Youth [Read more]
