Two London manufacturers have shaken off industry uncertainty to settle collective agreements delivering wage, benefit increases to workers.
Goodwill Industries has a plastic granulator which chips plastic donations that cannot be repurposed or sold into plastic bits
The For Our Youth (FOY) club gathered on April 26 for a chilly but productive meeting at one of our favourite locations — the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG). We saw some familiar faces at the March Break Ripley and District Horticultural Society meeting, but stormy winter weather prevented us from getting together in February, […]
Ontario's southwest will bear the brunt of the tariff war between Canada and the U.S., with the London region projected to lose 11,500 jobs, a new Ontario report says.
Plans for this year’s Hawks’ Nest competition are ramping up with the announcement of the event’s first angel investor. Hosted by the Saugeen Economic Development Corporation and Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation, Hawks’ Nest is a Dragons Den-inspired competition where new and existing businesses and entrepreneurs from Grey, Bruce, Wellington North, Minto and the City […]
A new parking zone on Queen Street limits drivers to a three-hour timeframe. “Our Business Improvement Area (BIA) members requested this change to help better serve their patrons,” said Jennifer Lawrie, Kincardine’s manager of legislative services/clerk, in an April 29 news release. “It helps to make sure that there is parking in spaces appropriate to […]
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday. A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]
A spring storm blew across London Tuesday, toppling trees and leaving nearly 12,000 homes and businesses without power. The late-afternoon storm brought rain, hail and powerful winds gusts of nearly 70 km/h that lasted for about an hour before the sunshine returned around 5 p.m. “For a quick storm, there was quite a bit of […]
A beloved restaurant in southwest London’s Byron area is closing due to a “perfect storm” of U.S. tariffs and a need to downsize, its owner says. The upscale Italian eatery, Bocconcini, located at Boler Road and Southdale Road West, will be serving its last customers on April 27 after six years in business. “I’m trying […]
The Lakeside Living Home and Garden Expo is back for another year. “Once again we will have a variety of businesses and organizations represented in both the main show and the small business marketplace,” Tracey Hinchberger, of the Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce, said in an email. “Admission to the entire event is free, […]