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Ontario maple producers to explore new strategic direction

Ontario maple producers to explore new strategic direction

The industry will explore quality assurance issues, domestic market opportunities, partnership possibilities, climate change effects, and how to develop future maple producers
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Almaguin Community Economic Development helped create nine new jobs last year

Almaguin Community Economic Development helped create nine new jobs last year

 Last year saw ACED partner with the Almaguin Highlands Chamber of Commerce to develop a welcome wagon program
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Northeastern lumber producer on a hiring binge

Northeastern lumber producer on a hiring binge

GreenFirst Forest Products opens downtown North Bay office
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Generational Business: Country store has served generations of North Bay shoppers

Generational Business: Country store has served generations of North Bay shoppers

Customers can find plants, pet supplies, fashion, ag products and more at Burrows Country Store and Garden Centre
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Local restaurants serving at half capacity hope economic recovery is on the menu

Local restaurants serving at half capacity hope economic recovery is on the menu

Loss of revenue, dwindling staff, and a pandemic of paperwork fill many restaurant owners’ plates
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Local companies to play essential roles in construction at Cassellholme

Local companies to play essential roles in construction at Cassellholme

'This project is five years. This is big stuff for a lot of people. Compliments that they were capable of getting those contracts.'
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Jobs of the Future: Environmental field technicians act as guardians of the land

Jobs of the Future: Environmental field technicians act as guardians of the land

Northern College launches environmental programming to train industry and First Nation field technicians
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Win This Space competition identifies six potential entrepreneurs

Win This Space competition identifies six potential entrepreneurs

 The aim was to inspire people to become entrepreneurs, which would then fill empty storefronts
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Rural and Northern Immigration pilot project sees 21 new immigrants settling in this area

Rural and Northern Immigration pilot project sees 21 new immigrants settling in this area

A local online job board currently lists over 600 job vacancies for North Bay and area; approximately 40 per cent of which are full-time positions in professions that are considered to be in high demand, such as healthcare, and the trades
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Voyageur feeling the pinch of global labour shortage

Voyageur feeling the pinch of global labour shortage

'In this day and age, the workforce is fairly mobile so your recruiting efforts have to be on a more global perspective. It's something we look to do as part of our global hiring strategy'
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