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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Timely government permitting factors into McEwen Mining's upsized gold production plans

4 days 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.
Biochar could put Espanola on the comeback trail

1 week ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

A leading clean-technology company looks to be the first tenant of a proposed bio-hub complex at the former Espanola pulp and paper mill. CHAR Technologies is focusing on setting up shop at the idled Espanola site to produce renewable natural gas and a bio-coal product from residual wood waste.
All aboard for 'new era of the Northlander'

1 week ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Stu Campaigne

The CEO of Ontario Northland gave an update on the company's progress on the Northlander's return to service on April 6 at FONOM's 2025 Northeastern Municipal Conference held at the Best Western in North Bay. "Get ready for the new era of the Northlander," Chad Evans said in a ballroom filled with hundreds of delegates. See related: All aboard the Northlander in 2026 The slogan was splashed all over the Ontario Northland audio-visual materials for the Northlander.
Greater Sudbury mayor focused on critical minerals

1 week ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Jenny Lamothe

It was the city’s Latin motto, Aedificemus, that gave rise to the theme of Mayor Paul Lefebvre's annual State of the City address, which he translated as "Come, let us build together." Hosted by the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, the May 1 speech was the mayor's third address since he was elected in 2022. A packed house heard the mayor speak to the economic progress and vision for the city, and saw the first ever showing of the artist rendition of the new downtown events centre facade.
Vessels in harbour signal strong start to the shipping season

1 week ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Gary Rinne

THUNDER BAY — The head of the Thunder Bay port authority says the sight of vessels anchored in Thunder Bay every day points to a good beginning for the shipping season. On Tuesday morning, four vessels were outside the breakwall waiting for clearance to move to a grain elevator. Six others were at their berths being loaded. "May tends to be one of the busiest months of the year," said port CEO Chris Heikkinen.
Agnico Eagle looks to Dig Deep into worker mental health

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Lindsay Kelly

Agnico Eagle, a leading global gold producer, is taking the lead in ensuring its employees feel psychologically safe and healthy on the job site. Marsha Nicholas is a Toronto-based registered psychotherapist who’s working as a mental health and addictions consultant for Agnico Eagle’s Detour Lake Mine, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Timmins.
International student drop prompts Cambrian to suspend intake to 10 programs

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

Cambrian College is indefinitely suspending new intake into 10 of its programs, mostly due to reductions in international student enrolment at the college as a result of federal policy changes over the past year. Other colleges across Ontario have also suspended programs recently for the same reason, with some much harder hit than Cambrian.
‘Stop and report it,’ says grieving daughter of workplace hazards

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Lindsay Kelly

Nineteen years after her father’s death, Lisa Kadosa remembers clearly the phone call that changed her life forever. “There's been an accident. It's really bad,” she recalled her mom telling her from the other end of the line. “You need to come home. Your father's dead.” Robert “Sea Wolf” Nesbitt was a 57-year-old miner with 37 years of experience who adored his family, loved sailing and was, by all accounts, a conscientious worker.
Alamos Gold sees mine expansion on the horizon at Dubreuilville

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

Completion of the multi-million-dollar expansion at Alamos Gold’s Island Gold mine, outside Dubreuilville, is on track for the first half of 2026. The gold potential at the prolific high-grade underground mine is key to the Toronto company’s three-year strategy to become a million-ounce-per-year producer, combining its mines in Northern Ontario and Mexico with another on the way in Manitoba.
Onshoring plate production is Algoma Steel's answer to U.S. tariffs

2 weeks ago | northernontariobusiness.com | Ian Ross

With a U.S. trade and tariff war raging, Algoma Steel is concentrating on ramping up plate shipments this year to feed Canadian customers. Algoma said it intends to capitalize on its position as Canada’s only steel plate producer as the Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker is set to mark a new chapter in its historic 110-year run by making the switch to cleaner and modern electric arc furnace production, albeit a few months later than expected.