FEATURE: Ontera rings the North (corrected)

CASEY’S RESTAURANT has been a popular watering hole in Timmins for years. Right on Highway 101, which bisects the Northern Ontario town, everyone knows where it is and being a chain, those passing through recognize the name and often stop to eat on their way home from, or deeper into, the far north. Also on the property, in behind the eatery, sits an Ontera telecom vault. For the uninitiated, Ontera is the telecom subsidiary of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. It provides backbone services in and out of – and around – the north to larger centres like Sault Ste....