The Ontario Economic Report (OER) is the OCC’s annual policy document aimed at spurring growth and prosperity in Ontario. Each year the OER presents the collective voice of the Chamber Network through the Business Confidence Survey, the Business Prosperity Index and...
As Vice-Chairs looking back on the biggest nine day sporting event in the City of North Bay we are pleased to write this letter in celebration and thanks! Let us begin by THANKING the Executive and Members of the North Bay Granite Club who in March of 2016 allowed us...
Guest column by Patti Carr I’m back for this week as a guest columnist, as the President and CEO is away on holidays; but who am I kidding, I’m happy to be writing this column on behalf of the Chamber as it has been an incredible week for our region! So much has...
The past week has been a busy one for our area, as we welcomed the world to North Bay. There is a very positive energy that seems to have taken over our community, as the kick off to the Ford World Women’s Curling Championships begin. Our hotels, restaurants and...
For tickets - visit: http://www.curling.ca/2018worldwomen/
The Russians are coming…and so are the Koreans, USA, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Italy, China, and Team Canada. North Bay is poised to welcome the world into our back yard and this is going to be a tremendous event for our...
The conversation is changing. Past conversations regarding economic growth and prosperity have centered on “how do we survive?” during tough economic times. Those discussions will not and have not created jobs, but rather maintained or even perhaps resulted in...
Over the past few months we have seen the political rhetoric heating up across Ontario, as voters prepare themselves for the upcoming Provincial election. So far, we have seen very little from most of the parties as to what their vision for the future of Ontario is...
Olympic fever continues to gain momentum as Canadian athletes continue to do us proud. Our own Tyler Nicholson brought North Bay to the world stage last week and although he didn’t make the podium, he showed incredible courage and confidence with his 7th place...
The OCC and #ONChamberNetwork launched a major province-wide letter writing campaign urging businesses to encourage their local provincial candidates to support our election platform, Vote Prosperity. To view the Vote Prosperity document, click HERE. Make your...