Thunder Bay’s first 4-star upscale hotel setto open in early 2014

September 12, 2012 (Toronto, ON) – DeltaHotels and Resorts is pleased to announceits expansion into Northwestern Ontariowith a new hotel that will be constructedon Prince Arthur’s Landing as part ofThunder Bay’s world class waterfrontredevelopment. The hotel is expected tocreate approximately 110 jobs, and is partof a private sector investment which alsoconsists of two condominiums, and a com-mercial building for shops and restaurantswhich will see this portion of the water-front transformed into a vibrant, mixed usespace that is active year-round and attrac-tive for all ages.Located in the heart of the city’s down-town core on a prime waterfront locationand adjacent to the two Vue condominiumtowers, the Delta Thunder Bay willbecome the city’s first 4-star upscale, fullservice hotel after a more than $20 millioninvestment. Slated to open in early 2014,the hotel will offer 150 guestrooms andsuites including 18 penthouse rooms and10 rooms with terraces. The hotel will fea-ture Delta’s new ModeRoom ™ gue-strooms which are modern, adaptable andladen with technology features. The major-ity of the rooms will provide spectacular,unobstructed views of Lake Superior andSleeping Giant Provincial Park.“We are thrilled to be a part of ThunderBay’s vibrant waterfront redevelopment,”says Ken Greene, President & CEO, DeltaHotels and Resorts. “Thunder Bay is athriving community with natural resourcesthat attract tourists from across Canadaand around the world. It is an honour forus to bring our 4-star hotel experience toone of the best locations in the city, andhelp play a critical role in driving tourismto the region.”The hotel will also boast 9,000 square feetof conference and meeting space includinga 5,300 square foot ballroom offering gar-den and waterfront views, a full servicerestaurant and lounge with an outside ter-race overlooking Lake Superior, a businesscentre, indoor pool and state of the art fit-ness centre.

The Delta Thunder Bay will be managedand operated by Delta Hotels and Resorts,and is owned by The Re Solve Group, oneof the leading residential and commercialdevelopers in Manitoba and Ontario.Construction is being handled by localbased Manshield Construction, and theproject was designed by award-winningarchitecture and planning firm BrookMcIlroy based in Toronto and Thunder

Bay.“Delta is well known for its high level ofservice excellence and exceptional reputa-tion among travelers,” said GiseleMacDonald, President, Re Solve GroupInc. “We chose Delta because of its strongtrack record in contributing to the growthof the tourism industry in secondary andtertiary markets in Canada. We’re excitedto bring this property to market withthem.”With its prime location on Prince Arthur’sLanding in the heart of downtown and thevibrant waterfront redevelopment, theDelta Thunder Bay will offer guests easyaccess to year-round attractions and out-door experiences in a spectacular mixed-use village including an arts centre, watergarden pavilion, skating rink, splash pad,skate board park, public paths and trails,spirit garden, public art, and restaurantsand cafes. The hotel is also situated with-in close proximity to Sleeping GiantProvincial Park, Lake Superior NationalMarine Conservation Area, the world’slargest fresh water conservation reserve,and Crown Land which is a resource forsnowmobiling, hunting, hiking, camping,wild life viewing, and the likes.

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Delta Hotels and ResortsNamed Hotelier on

Thunder Bay’s WaterfrontRedevelopment

IN FLANDERS FIELDSIn Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep,

though poppies growIn Flanders fields.

John McCrae

We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundredthousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, fortheir homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions

they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada.The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national

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THUNDER BAY WINS STRATEGIC PROJECT OFTHE YEAR AND JOB CREATION

PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Wednesday, October 17 - The Ring of Fireand NWO Mineral Deposits wins theStrategic Project of the Year and the JobCreation Project of the Year Awards at the4th Annual North American StrategicInfrastructure Leadership Forum inDenver, Colorado on October 16, 2012.

The Forum is being held on October 15 to17, 2012, with over 500 executives fromthe public and private sector in attendance.The Forum is a 2 ? day conference,focused on infrastructure development in

North America, designed to create businessopportunities and promote projects acrossthe region, as well as showcase the cities,states and provinces with the most innova-tive infrastructure plans. This annual eventdraws international investors, engineersand developers.

The Strategic Project of the Year award isthe most prestigious prize awarded. Theaward is for projects which will generate agiant stride in a country or region’s pro-ductivity and/or competitiveness.

The Job/Opportunity Creation Project ofthe Year is for projects that will create the

greatest number of jobs and/or businessesover the lifetime of the project. This awardtabulates direct, indirect and induces jobcreation, over the 20 to 30 year life of theproject.

Winners were announced yesterday after-noon at the Forum. Top projects are chosenby a jury of forum sponsors, with a widerepresentation across geographies and sec-tors.

Steve Demmings, CEO -Thunder BayCommunity Economic DevelopmentCommission (CEDC) and John Mason,Project Manager - Mining Services -CEDC, attended the Forum to create out-side awareness that Northwestern Ontario(NWO) is one of the mine production andexploration “hotspots” in Canada as 9 to13 major exploration projects are anticipat-ed to come into production by 2013-2017.Their attendance may also create potentialinvestment opportunities for mine andmineral projects in NWO.

Thunder Bay and NWO are emerging as aregional exploration and mining hub,which has initiated the Mining ReadinessStrategy – An Integrated RegionalEconomic Development Plan.

The City of Thunder Bay, together with

Fort William First Nation (FWFN) andCEDC are undertaking the MiningReadiness Strategy to address and strategi-cally plan for economic growth in ThunderBay and the region.

The Mining Readiness Strategy willaddress issues related to: transportationand infrastructure needs; industrial energy;workforce training and development; busi-ness development; housing and communityservices; research and development; capitalinvestment and financing; intergovernmen-tal relations; and communications.

Research demonstrates that the discoveryand development of mineral resources inthe “Ring of Fire” and beyond will createmining opportunities that will have a directimpact in shaping the region’s excitingeconomic outlook. Currently Thunder Bayhosts 29 exploration company offices, andover 130 service and supply companies inexploration/mining. Anticipated growth inmining will place unique pressures onThunder Bay and communities in NWO.

The Strategy is in its early stages of devel-opment, and is scheduled to be completedby January 2013. Implementation of theStrategy is anticipated to be completed bythe end of 2015.

CEDC is responsible for business develop-ment, retention and expansion, entrepre-neurial support, opportunity promotion,and collection and assessment of key busi-ness data. Incorporated in December 2006,CEDC is an arms-length CommunityDevelopment Corporation, led by an inde-pendent Board with core funding from theCity of Thunder Bay. Located withinCEDC's administrative office, the ThunderBay and District Entrepreneur Centre pro-vides seminars, workshops and free andconfidential business counselling servicesto new and existing small businesses.

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It was an exciting atmosphere at theVictoria Inn in Thunder Bay at a day longconference held as part of Small Businessweek. There were some very interestingspeakers on hand including Wab Kinewfrom Winnipeg.

Wab Kinew is the owner of Indie EndsProduction that does live event production,video production and develops mobileapps. He is also the Director of IndigenousInclusion for the University of Winnipegand is based in Winnipeg. Wab was born inKenora and raised near Nestor Falls. Hehas a BA in economics from the Universityof Manitoba.

“ I will be speaking about the ways theaboriginal community are connecting withthe main stream economy in Canada. Ifyou look around Canada from coast tocoast to coast there are a lot of excitingthings happening with new relationships.We want prosperity and are becomingactive partners in developing natural

resource projects, band owned business orFirst Nations entrepreneurs working forthemselves,” said Wab Kinew. “ The rateof business ownership in the Aboriginalcommunity is growing three times fasterthan the rest of Canada. I want to talkabout that new relationship and some peo-ple that are pulling it off in a good way. Ilike to approach things with an entrepre-neurial spirit looking for opportunity andways to take things to market.”

Wab works all the time pretty much withsome time for his family and his time atthe gym. “ I like being able to do deals onmy I Phone and laptop. It is super helpful,the technology of today. You still have towork hard and put in lots of hours everyweek but for myself I don’t look at it likework,” said Wab. “ Today is about cele-brating some of the successes so peoplecan see it is happening and people aredoing it so we can do it too. I think oftentimes we don’t take a second to reflect onthe big picture and so I hope what I talkabout will give people the chance to reflectand consider the bigger picture or strategyin their lives.”

Aboriginal Business Day Event Brings one of a kindTalent to Thunder Bay

BY SCOTT A. SUMNERThunder Bay BUSINESS

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Just when you thought things were settlingdown there is always something to occupyCouncil and the citizens of our fair City.

After the Municipal Golf Course reversal,the site selection of our Event Centre iscreating quite the buzz. Then recent debateover the future use of a large parcel of landformerly known as Sir John A MacDonaldschool has alerted our elected representa-tives as well as our civic administrationthat we are fast running out of developableland for residential housing.

How did this occur you may ask? Frommy earliest days on Council the landsknown as Parkdale were planned toaccommodate most of the City's populationexpansion with infill and strict guidelineson rural splits expected to direct and con-trol growth.

The multi multi-million dollar trunk sewerline was built to handle 75,000 people ! ACommunity Plan showed lots of amenities,schools, access/egress points on the west,south, north and east. The eastern link was

to be an extension of Churchill Drivewhich was quashed. Then the fan got hitwhen the MNR redrew the boundaries ofthe Williams Bog around 1990. This natu-ral-flowing water system was then fullyprotected thus wiping out housing for20,000 potential residents. Had this beenknown in the mid-seventies it is highlyunlikely the City would have proceeded

with such a huge capacity system to serv-ice Parkdale.Today those homeowners must apply inmany cases to the Conservation Authorityfor building permits that may affect theintegrity of the bog. You may ask that inthis era of global warming why doesn't the

bog simply dry up? It apparently is quiteresilient and has enormous absorptioncapacity.

So where do we put the people we arehoping to attract here? Some private hold-ings have around 5 to 7 years of supply butin general the amount of City-owned orcontrolled land for personal developmentor public housing is limited and diminish-ing. And here's a question -when was thelast large apartment building constructed inour hometown?

If you have ever travelled west on anyhighway or arterial road in early morningyou will see enormously long lines of traf-fic streaming into the City, and of coursethe same thing happens when the work daywinds down with westbound traffic jam-ming the roadways. This should be takensomewhat as a good sign that people areworking and can afford vehicles. It alsoconfirms that the rural countryside is beingpopulated and probably beyond its capaci-ty for dependable servicing. By this I meanthe stretching of water, waste disposal,policing, all-season road and bridge main-

tenance, telecommunications and emer-gency services.

It means of course that it is not just theCity of Thunder Bay that must deliverprompt public services to its residents- itis understood that our neighbouring munic-ipalities and indeed Fort William FirstNation are facing infrastructural issues.

So when a municipality has a chance tosave some money-I say we should seizethe opportunity (Municipal Golf Course at$200,000 annually is a Million Dollars in 5years). When a municipality has a chanceto trigger federal or provincial assistanceto replace past due date structures such asthe Gardens-then I say do it and plan itright!Respectfully submitted,Ken BoshcoffCouncillor at LargeSo the budget session is coming upon usand I invite you to call, write, or emailyour favourite elected representative

Privacy Matters in the Health Sector©2012 Brian Babcock

Personal health information is highly sen-sitive and private. All businesses that han-dle private health information need to con-sider the effect of a ruling on how cancerscreening results should be communicated.

Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner orderedthat Cancer Care Ontario stop deliveringpaper copies of screening reports to doc-tors. Until the ruling Cancer Care Ontarioused Canada Post’s Xpresspost service.The ruling followed a self-report by theorganization that the delivery of a numberof the screening reports could not be con-firmed.

Although the ruling only applies to thesereports, the Commissioner would likelyapply similar principles to any other pri-vate information. In announcing her deci-

sion, the Commissioner said that “other,more viable, more secure and privacy pro-tection options were available.”

She said that the Order highlights the factthat organizations:

• Need to evaluate avail-able options;

• Review available techno-logical solutions; and

• Be prepared to justify itsmethods.

Every business in Ontario is an “organiza-tion” under either Federal or Provincial

privacy laws, so this reasoning may affectus all. It illustrates a point I made in anearlier column - privacy policies must beput into action through effective practicesand procedures.

This decision also illustrates how bestpractices may change over time. At onetime, concerns about web security weresuch that hard copy delivery was assumedto be more secure. As encryption and othertechnology have advanced, we see timeand again how human error makes paperrecords insecure. Electronic transmittal orstorage may not be the ultimate solutionfor every private record, but this Ordermeans that every business needs to reviewand reconsider how it stores and handlesprivate data.

The Order also required additional trainingof CCO staff, including contractors, which

is a reminder that:• Training is a process, not

an act, and must be continuous or regularlyupdated; and

• An organization’s priva-cy obligations extend not only to howemployees handle information, but also tocontractors. Does your courier leave yourconfidential information unattended?

Cancer Care Ontario had access to themost sophisticated consultants in the busi-ness, and yet its interpretation of thatadvice was found to be flawed. This sets ahigh standard for the rest of us, but it isone that we must aspire to achieve.

Weilers has advised health care profession-als and organizations for over 65 years,and proudly continues that tradition withprogressive advice on privacy law.

ISSUES FILLING CITY'S PLATE

LegalMatters

Ontario is supporting two Thunder Baybusinesses through the Northern OntarioHeritageFund Corporation (NOHFC):• Aviation InterTec Services Inc.• NWO Golf Development & FittingCentreThe replacement of a software programcode will allow Aviation InterTec ServicesInc. to port their software to a mobile plat-form. In response to new and changingclient operating systems, this transitionwill enable the company to support cross-browser use of their flagship product,Remote Access Aviation System (RAAS).NOHFC has approved funding in theamount of $98,000 towards the company’sproject of rendering RAAS compliant withmultiple browsers.NWO Golf Development & Fitting Centre,the first year-round training and high-techgolf fitting company in NorthwesternOntario, is being undertaken to serviceThunder Bay and region in the instruction-al, development and equipment fittingareas of golf. It will be the only golfingfacility with the 3D Doppler HD ball andclub tracking system (Flightscope) forfittings with a simulator option to play inwinter months. NOHFC funding in the

amount of $25,000 will allow the purchaseof a Flightscope, training aids and equip-ment, office equipment, and to begin mar-keting this business. “I am always happy when our NOHFCprogram can support & enhance localentrepreneurs. Small business is the back-bone of our economy. It is our hope thatthey remain successful and grow to createfurther local employment.”– Bill Mauro, MPP Thunder Bay-Atikokan“I am extremely honored to except thisGrant from the NOHFC as I look forwardto the future in launching NWO GolfDevelopment & Fitting Centre. This Grantwill allow the company to expand andservice Northwestern Ontario to createnew jobs in the golf industry around theinstruction, fitting, development andcoaching areas of the business. The centerpiece of the business will revolve aroundthe flightscope and for more informationabout the product you can visitwww.flightscope.com. Also, for furtherinformation about NWO Golf and itsdevelopment programs please call 807-630-GOLF.– Dustin Wilson, PGA of Canada – Head

Teaching ProfessionalNWO Golf Development & Fitting Centre

Mauro announces OntarioGovernment Investments in Local

Businesses

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“ I wanted to make this donation becauseI believe victim care is extremely crucialand important. My experience through anabusive relationship made me know howimportant that was. I wanted to do every-thing I could to help victims,” said Tessa

Charlevois. “ I went through a lot of emo-tions, I was scared, fearful and had a lotinside of me. When I was working with

charcoal I was able to release all thoseemotions. It was my own therapy and I feltgood when I did my artwork.”

Tessa Charlevois started painting as ayoungster. “ It has driven me and my cre-ative senses helped me. Right now I workas an artist, bartender and waitress. Iwould love to move to Montreal and go toschool there to become a full time artistafter taking fine arts. When I am ready I

would like to volunteer at the Thunder Bayand Area Victim Services organization.”

Deborah Dika is the Program Managerfor Thunder Bay and Area Victim Services.“ This money will go to victims of domes-tic violence. We are hoping to put togethera kit to hand out to victims so that they canhave the information on what to do andwho to call,” said Deborah Dika. “ Ourorganization has been around since 2002.We provide services to victims of crime ortragic circumstance by partnering with theemergency personal in the City of ThunderBay. “

Thunder Bay and Area Victim Serviceswill provide short-term emotional supportto victims. “ Most of the time we are thefirst person in the door after the police

have left and we pride ourselves on havingan immediate response time. Just beingthere to hear their stories is incredible,”said Deborah Dika. “ We are proud ofTessa and see the growth in her. We wentthrough the whole court process with herand saw her strength come out. Seeing hergo from a victim to a survivor wasabsolutely incredible. Her artwork is beau-tiful. There aren’t a lot of victims that willcome forward so for one victim to providethis type of media coverage and art exhibi-tion to help victims of domestic violence isincredible.”

BY SCOTT A. SUMNERThunder Bay BUSINESS

Local Artist Makes Donation To Thunder Bay and AreaVictim Services Organization

Dryden City Council unanimouslyapproved Tbaytel’s offer to purchase theDMTS Mobility customer assets at aspecial open Council meeting this evening.With the successful completion of all clos-ing requirements Tbaytel will be in a posi-tion to begin serving DMTS Mobility cus-tomers by the end of October or earlyNovember 2012. Transition planning isunderway that will ensure that all DMTSMobility customers are moved to Tbaytelbefore DMTS Mobility turns down theircurrent network on December 15, 2012.Tbaytel will be contacting all DMTSMobility customers by direct mail withinthe next two weeks outlining the details ofthe transition. DMTS Mobility customerswill benefit from greater access to a fullsuite of mobility services from Tbaytel thatincludes access to the latest in handsettechnology and smartphones; mobile con-tent applications; world-wide internationalroaming; a nationwide network andenhanced capabilities for high speedmobile data.

“Tbaytel is very pleased to be able to pro-vide services to our new Dryden customersand we welcome them all to the region’slargest wireless network,” said DonCampbell President & CEO, Tbaytel. “Ourgoal will be to ensure a seamless customertransition to our services.”“With the consolidation of our services and

technology, Tbaytel is positioned in themarketplace to bring increased value to ourcustomers and the communities weserve in Northern Ontario,” addedCampbell. “We are continuing to invest inour neighbourhood and we are committedto providing best in class network andservices to all of our customers in ourregion.”

Closing of the purchase will be subject tocustomary terms and conditions, includingregulatory approvals from Industry Canadaand the Canadian Radio-Television andTelecommunications Commission.Tbaytel is the leading communication solu-tions provider in Northern Ontario and isdedicated to delivering advanced, competi-tively priced telecom solutions to ensurepeople, businesses and communities havemultiple points of access to the global

Tbaytel Purchases Dryden Mobilitycommunications highway. Tbaytel deliversthe region’s largest 4G HSPA+ digitalcellular coverage with extensive productsand services that include data, voice, wire-less,internet, security and digital tv. Withover a century of contributing to the quali-ty of life, infrastructure and economichealth of the North, Tbaytel’s commitmentto regional customers and our understand-ing of rural market dynamics is unparal-leled.

Tbaytel’s Purchases theDryden DMTS Mobility