Northern Ontario Business Awards gala tickets now available.The City of Greater Sudbury Greater Sudbury (2006 census population 157,857) is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury, along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships. plays host this year to the North's most prestigious celebration of business excellence. The 19th annual Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. Awards (NOBA NOBA Notice of Budget Approval (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) NOBA Nautikos Omilos Bolou Kai Argonautes (Nautical Club of Volos and Argonauts, Greece) ) program takes place at the new Radisson Hotel (formerly Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. Inn) on Thursday, October 6. Attendees from around the North will participate in a variety of activities, including a new half-day conference being held at the Holiday Inn. The NOBA program is an initiative designed to recognize and activate successful business throughout the region by hosting an annual awards gala. It brings together the North's business community to be inspired by the success stories of award recipients. NOBA is also an exceptional opportunity to network and share ideas. "The key to the spirit of Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it is our shared experience," says Michael Atkins, president of the Laurentian Media Group Laurentian Media Group is a Canadian newspaper and magazine publishing company. Laurentian currently has several publications in the Greater Sudbury, Ontario area, including the biweekly community newspaper Northern Life, the magazine , parent company of Northern Ontario Business. "We are not just in business, we live in a very special place that needs our enterprise." This is the first time since 2000 that the event will be held in Sudbury. The program rotates among the five major centres of Northern Ontario. NOBA is held in a different city each year--Sudbury, Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. , North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. or Timmins. There are nine award categories: company of the year (three sizes), entrepreneur, young entrepreneur, entrepreneurial community, innovation, First Nations business, and 'Judges' Choice. The latter was initiated in 2004. This award winner is selected from among all nominees residing in the host community, in this case, Greater Sudbury. Also recognized during the gala will be the annual Union Gas scholarship winner. The winner of this essay competition earns a $3,000 post-secondary scholarship. A record 46 submissions were received from high schools all across Northern Ontario this year. More than 500 guests are expected at the gala, and another 300 are expected to register for the morning conference entitled, "Emerging Leaders: Succession Planning for Community." Greater Sudbury Mayor David Courtemanche is looking forward to welcoming representatives from the North's business community at both events. "It is evident that the entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive in our communities," he says. Tickets for the gala are $160.50. Registration for the conference is $45 per person. Corporate tables of eight are also available for both events. Online registration is available by visiting www.noba.ca. Program details are added regularly. For more information, contact Brianne Cartmill at 1-800-757-2766 / 705-673-5667 ext. 306 or e-mail brianne@nob.on.ca. CTV CTV Canadian Television (Network Limited) will broadcast a special half-hour documentary featuring the award winners on Sunday, October 16th at 6:30 p.m. Marlene Moore is director of Executive programs with Northern Ontario Business. She can be reached at 1-800-757-2766 ext. 351 and at marlene@nob.on.ca. |
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