The Ontario government is providing over $1.2 million to help seven businesses expand operations in the Nipissing region. The funding will help create 33
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Wataynikaneyap Power CEO Margaret Kenequanash, pictured with Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa and Pikangikum Chief Dean Owen during the connection of the Pikangikum power line, was pleased that Wataynikaneyap Power was recognized with the First Nations Business Award of Excellence at the 2020 Northern Ontario Business Awards. (Photo by Rick Garrick)
The Wabun Tribal Council and Wataynikaneyap Power were recently recognized with the Entrepreneurial Community and First Nations Business Award of Excellence awards at the 2020 Northern Ontario Business Awards.
“First of all it was a great surprise, and secondly on behalf of our communities, it’s well deserved for the five First Nations who have been working so hard to advance their business interests and the tribal council playing a small role in that,” says Jason Batise, executive director at Wabun Tribal Council. ”I can’t be prouder of the work that our team and the communities have done
NOBA 2020: Don Champagne, founder of North Bay Plastic Molders, is this year s Entrepreneur of the Year
When COVID-19 hit last March, Don Champagne quickly pivoted his plastic injection-molding business to produce protective face shields.
Dec 21, 2020 11:00 AM By: Ian Ross
Pivoting to meet a new product demand, or designing a component on the fly, is something that Don Champagne and his crew at North Bay Plastic Molders know only too well.
The small and nimble plastic parts maker and injection molding experts deftly transitioned as suppliers to the mining industry and dove into the design and production of recyclable PPE for front-line workers this fall.