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Article: Med school to fuel growth in Northwest.(Thunder Bay, Ontario plans medical school)(Brief Article)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- July 1, 2002
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When the Thunder Bay leaders who lobbied hard for the dual campus for the northern medical school need a glimpse at the future potential of the city, they look no further than across the border to Rochester, Minn.
Rochester is home to the Mayo Clinic, one of the world's most renowned medical institutions. The health-care and research industry built up around the medical centre there has anchored and fuelled that city's growth with a mix of leading-edge mechanical and technology industries.
So when Premier Ernie Eves made good on his promise to grant Thunder Bay and Lakehead University equal status to Sudbury and Laurentian University in the northern ...