Great News

NETWORK LINKS HOSPITALS
North Bay and District Hospital has become the first hospital to connect to the Northern and Eastern Diagnostic Imaging Network.

The network is a repository of medical images and doctors' reports shared between Northern and eastern Ontario hospitals.

Forty hospitals within Local Health Integration Networks in the Northeast, Northwest and Ottawa areas are involved.

NEODIN not only provides the ability to deliver better health care, it also helps maximize our capital investments by making this technology available to hospitals that could never afford it on their own," hospital vice-president Glenn Scanlan said in a media release.

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Nipissing University
Student and faculty researchers at Nipissing University have a brand new facility in which to learn, study and work toward creating new knowledge.

The university recently completed construction on the $8.6 million Academic and Research Complex. The new building supports the university's goal of enhancing the research culture, for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students.

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Ontario Northland
Ontario Northland video available for download. Click Here to download it.

MoneySense Magazine
MoneySense Magazine's 2009 edition of Canada's best places to live ranked the City of North Bay 16th out of 154 communities. Read More.

Canadore College
Canadore College's Rod Carley wins tvo's big ideas 2009 best lecturer competition Read More.

Opportunities with Wood Pellets Forum
An Opportunities with Wood Pellets Forum was hosted on March 5th, 2009 in North Bay - please click on the following link to access the presentations. View Presentations

North Bay Ranks high in KPMG Global Competitive Analysis
This important study involved more than 100 cities in 10 countries, including all 50 US States and looked at 27 significant cost components in 17 different business operations.

North Bay took part in the KPMG global Competitive Analysis 2008, and ranked 3rd overall compared to other 12 Ontario Communities as a cost-competitive location to do business and had a 3.5% cost operating advantage over the USA.

The Analysis indicates that North Bay has strong advantages in the Aerospace, Advanced Manufacturing and IT Sectors

Download a copy of the executive summary of the KPMG Competitive Analysis.

For a full version of the Analysis visit www.competitivealternatives.com