Northern Ontario Business (NOB)

For more than 30 years, Northern Ontario Business (NOB) has served as the sole media outlet focused on the business community in Northern Ontario. It delivers essential news and important information, along with updates on events for the region's key business leaders and decision-makers. By concentrating exclusively on Northern Ontario's business landscape, NOB has become the trusted source for relevant stories, industry trends, forecasts, useful statistics, and essential online services that engage its audience.

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Tariff specialist launches Orillia consulting firm amid global trade shifts

2 days ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Tyler Evans |Orillia Matters

Kyle Peacock has spent decades preparing for this moment, and it couldn’t come at a more opportune time. The Orillia-born trade expert has officially launched Peacock Tariff Consulting, a new firm focused on helping businesses and individuals navigate the once-overlooked but increasingly critical world of international tariffs and duties.
WestJet bringing back direct flights to Calgary

1 week ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Leith Dunick

THUNDER BAY — WestJet has reinstated direct flights to Calgary from Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay International Airports Authority officials, in a Facebook post, said the flights will depart three times a week in May and June, and daily in July and August. "It's a perfect opportunity to streamline your business trips, visit family or even make it to the Calgary Stampede this summer," reads the post.
Real-world project challenge brings out the best in Sudbury architecture students

1 week ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Lindsay Kelly

Since she came on board as executive director of Independent Living Sudbury Manitoulin (ILSM) in 2023, it’s been Angela Gray’s dream to build a new residence that meets the needs of members. The Sudbury-based organization, which provides resources and programming geared toward people living with disabilities, has had a purpose-built residence in its sights since it incorporated more than 20 years ago.
‘This is not us together, this is Ontario by itself,’ says Wabun tribal council executive director

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

Under the right conditions, $3 billion in capacity-building funding from Queen’s Park would be welcomed by First Nations, said Wabun Tribal Council executive director Jason Batise, “but in this case, the nations can’t be bought that way.” While the Ford government’s messaging this week — to triple funding through the Indigenous Opportunities Financing Program and expand the eligibility to include critical minerals, energy and pipeline development — was intended to be a positive one, the...
Ignace has $8M and $42M options for airport

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Mike Stimpson

IGNACE — Upgrade facilities at the municipal aerodrome for $8 million, or spend $41 million to turn it into a full-fledged airport — those are two options consultants presented to Ignace council this week. The township, which could be the host municipality for a nuclear waste facility a decade from now, heard on Monday from a firm it contracted earlier this year to look into the matter.
'The door is open' to new multimodal development at former Iroquois Falls mill

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Lindsay Kelly

Nearly a decade after acquiring the former Resolute paper mill in Iroquois Falls, BMI Group is planning to establish a multimodal hub at the site, aimed at stimulating development in the town and through the region. Dubbed Abitibi Connex, the initiative is looking to leverage the site’s access to road, shipping and rail corridors to draw clients in the resource development, agriculture and food sectors, which would use the former mill site as a logistics hub.
Shipyard owner pins its hopes on new naval vessels

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Gary Rinne

THUNDER BAY — Ontario Shipyards believes the addition of Algoma Steel to a consortium hoping to build new naval vessels provides an important boost for the lobbying effort. Ontario Shipyards, which owns the shipyard in Thunder Bay, is one of five founding members of Team Vigilance, which was established in 2023 to submit an unsolicited proposal for constructing the next-generation replacement for the Royal Canadian Navy’s 12 Kingston-class maritime coastal defence vessels.
Mining the Northwest: Orla spends to elevate Musselwhite to ‘next level’ production

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

Vancouver’s Orla Mining is delivering as originally advertised when it comes to investing and rebuilding in its latest catch at the Musselwhite Mine. The upstart mid-tier gold company is investing $115 million into the remote northwestern Ontario underground operation to plunk into mine development, procure new equipment, and launch an aggressive round of exploration drilling this year.
New technology to create an MRI of the city of North Bay

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Chris Dawson

Here's a neat idea. Invent a technology that will do real-time 3D mapping of city infrastructure. That's exactly what's happening right here in North Bay, as new technology to track municipal vehicles was centre stage during a major funding announcement at North Bay City Hall May 9. The province, with support from private businesses, announced a $56-million project into Ontario automotive and mobility companies.
Timely government permitting factors into McEwen Mining's upsized gold production plans

3 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

How keen are Ottawa and Queen’s Park in working together to accelerate the approvals process that puts more mines into production? McEwen Mining will find out in the months to come. The Toronto gold company has high hopes for its Grey Fox deposit, east of Timmins, which CEO Rob McEwen called a “cornerstone asset for us for years to come,” in a May 7 news release.