Many of the old adages that are thrown around daily, continue to have relevance in much of our lives, every day. One of these such adages being; “in a progressive country…change is constant…change… is inevitable”. The quote from Benjamin Disraeli, a British...
Businesses Need Less Red Tape from Government
Congratulations to Cementation’s Roy Slack on taking over the reins as President of the Canadian Institute for Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, also known as CIM. It is a great honor for our community to have the former President of Cementation as the incoming...
Congratulations Bobby Ray – Looking forward to FiftyTwoCoffees 2.0
Congratulations to Bobby Ray from the North Bay Granite Club for not only being nominated for a prestigious award, but for also winning that award on Saturday evening. The Chair person for the Young Professionals of the North Bay & District Chamber of Commerce,...
Clean Green and Beautiful Initiative Coming Soon
Mark your calendars for May 7, 2019. Clean, Green and Beautiful, a grass roots movement spearheaded by Hariett Madigan and her various community volunteer groups, will present at Council on that evening. Clean, Green and Beautiful will launch a community action...
Welcoming the DIA in their co-location at the Chamber office
Back from holidays and a huge thank you to Patti Carr, VP Policy and Communications and our Administrative Assistant, Sue Adams for holding down the fort, while I was gone. Lots of things happening while I was gone including, preparing for our 123rd Annual General...
Kudos to Organizers of Workforce Week and the Provincial Budget
Guest column by Patti Carr Kudos to all those involved with Workforce Week 2019. In particular, the Labour Market Group, who organizes this week annually and includes numerous employment service teams to ensure that job seekers have the necessary skills and...
It’s Workforce Week 2019
Guest column by Patti Carr For more information visit: www.thelabourmarketgroup.ca We are now well into April, but for those that are tired of the snow like I am, there are a couple positive outcomes to this unusual winter. The Ski Hill has enjoyed a longer season...
Thank you North Bay Battalion for a great season!
Congratulations to the Coach Stan Butler and the North Bay Battalion for an entertaining 2018-19 season. Although the Battalion were eliminated on Friday night by the Niagara Ice Dogs, there were many highlights to the season, especially the play of Justin...
Congratulations to the WWCC Organizers and Go Troops Go!
Last Wednesday in Ottawa, the City of North Bay and The Ford World Women’s Curling Championship (2018) event were centre stage at the Canadian Sports Tourism Association annual awards ceremony. Dave Bennett, Mark Brown and Rick Miller attended the event which...
Application in for Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program
The month of March is flying by and the first signs of spring have begun to show. The temperature fluctuations over the past couple of weeks, although welcome after this long winter have made it challenging for getting around this region. Many thanks to...