BDC Pledges $150,000 over a three-year term to support Students In Free Enterprise

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THUNDER BAY – Encouraging young entrepreneurs is a way of boosting economic development, and ensuring the future is brighter. Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) students are helping to fuel Canada’s economic and entrepreneurial engine and are getting support through a partnership with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).

As part of a new commitment, BDC has pledged $150,000 over…

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Resolute Forest Products Extends offer to Fibrek Inc.

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THUNDER BAY – AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products (“Resolute”) (NYSE: ABH) (TSX: ABH), today announced that it has extended to February 23 the expiry date for its offer to acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of Fibrek Inc. (Fibrek, TSX: FBK).

The offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Fibrek made by Resolute, together with RFP Acquisition Inc., a wholly-owned…

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Mining exploration, development, and production is very prevalent in our region

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THUNDER BAY – Business Now – The North Superior Workforce Planning Board has partnered with the Thunder Bay CEDC to host a much anticipated Forum on employment and training opportunities within mining. The Forum will take place on Wednesday, February 15 at the Best Western Nor’Wester on Highway 61 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Along with employment…

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Porter Airlines – January results show 111.6 million Available Seat Miles

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THUNDER BAY – Air travel into, and out of Thunder Bay International Airport has been one of the factors helping boost Porter Airlines. Porter Airlines had a record January load factor of 55.7 per cent, 4 points higher than the previous year.

January results show 111.6 million Available Seat Miles (ASMs) and 62.2 million Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs). …

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The Northwest Company Moves Quickly to Resolve Problem

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MOOSE FACTORY – Sometimes stories have happy endings. The individual who we reported on being “banned” from Northern Stores has been notified that situation has been resolved. The Northwest Company has moved quickly toward a resolution of the situation first reported on NetNewsledger.com.

Michael McMullen the Executive Vice President states, “On Behalf of The North West Company I extend our…

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Quebec is continuing to move quickly on Plan Nord

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THUNDER BAY – Quebec is continuing to move quickly to get its plan for development in the north of the province moving. Sous-Traitance Industrielle Québec (STIQ) has been mandated by the Centre d’aide technologique aux entreprises de la Côte-Nord (CATE Côte-Nord) to identify the technology requirements of the major prime manufacturers in the mining and metallurgy sectors….

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This program has helped many students and businesses – Rickford

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KENORA – “I am happy to announce the beginning of this year’s Canada Summer Jobs program,” said Kenora MP Greg Rickford. “This program has helped many students and businesses in the Kenora riding in previous years. I look forward to another productive year for businesses in Kenora.” The Canada Summer Jobs program will be accepting applications from small…

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A business that produces nothing but profit is a poor kind of business

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THUNDER BAY – Business Now – “A business that produces nothing but profit is a poor kind of business”. This is a quote from the great Henry Ford, an entrepreneur who is unquestionably on my personal Mount Rushmore of the greatest entrepreneurs in history. Great managers see beyond the numbers. This is something that can’t be taught in any…

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“Especially in the context of Plan Nord, the Board of Trade aims to contribute”

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THUNDER BAY – Business Now – Work in Quebec on expanding opportunities in the north, as outlined in the provinces’s Plan Nord continue. The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and its team of international trade experts, the World Trade Centre Montréal, are pleased to announce the signature of a memorandum of understanding with World Trade Centre Mumbai…

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One-day forum on employment and training within the mining sector

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THUNDER BAY – Business Now – On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, the North Superior Workforce Planning Board in partnership with the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Corporation will host a one-day forum on employment and training within the mining sector. This forum is a follow-up to a report the Planning Board will release in early February that…

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