The Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal along with the Township of Terrace Bay, one of the thirty-two participating communities, attended the Newcomers Expo in Toronto on September 7 & 8. Representatives from Firedog Communications and Terrace Bay made the trip to Toronto and marketed [Read more]
Northern Ontario mayors are calling for an expanded renewal of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement that will involve key stakeholders including local and provincial governments, First Nations communities, environmental groups and the forestry sector. Following the Canadian Boreal Forest [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]
The Township of Terrace Bay recently released its Economic Update which provides a snapshot of the local economy. The Terrace Bay economy has been growing significantly since the reopening of the local pulp mill in August 2012. The reopening of the mill has seen a drastic increase in hiring [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]
Mayor Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) joined forces with other municipal and trade organizations to support the provincial government’s newly proposed regulation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the forest sector. [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – Wednesday December 12th, the township held a meeting with its largest employers to discuss the ongoing economic boom in the community. The local job bank continues to be filled with available positions and municipal staff presented some of the activities they are [Read more]
TIMMINS, ON – Today, Northern Ontario NDP MPPs launched a campaign to recall the Ontario Legislature and get MPPs back to work. “Last September, Ontarians sent 107 MPPs from across the province to do an important job. But earlier this week, the Liberals decided that they were more [Read more]
Ontario’s clean energy economy is bringing more renewable energy online, while creating good jobs for families. Innergex’s Stardale Solar Farm in East Hawkesbury, will produce 30 megawatts of clean electricity, enough to power more than 3,200 homes. During its peak construction period, [Read more]
McGuinty Government Partners With Communitech To Create Digital Media Jobs In Kitchener-Waterloo Ontario is working with businesses in Kitchener-Waterloo to help make the area a global centre for digital media jobs. Premier Dalton McGuinty was at the newly opened expansion of theCommunitech [Read more]
McGuinty Government Partners With Companies To Strengthen The Economy Ontario is partnering with companies for projects that will help create 550 new jobs and protect 1,056 existing jobs for families. The province is supporting company investments which will create new jobs for families, help spur [Read more]
McGuinty Government Partners With Digital Media Company Ontario is helping ViXS Systems Inc. – a GTA-based semiconductor solutions provider – develop new technology, while creating 107 new, highly-skilled jobs and protecting 54 existing positions. These new jobs will build upon the [Read more]
In January, 2010 the McGuinty government and Samsung C&T Corporation and the Korea Electric Power Corporation announced an agreement to create 16,000 direct and indirect jobs in Ontario for Ontarians, bring four manufacturing plants to Ontario, inject $7 billion of investment into our economy [Read more]
