On Friday, the nomination period to file for the upcoming October municipal election closed. A few last minute changes transpired in SDG, adding to the…
Author of the article: Jordan Haworth
Publishing date: Jun 23, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 2 minute read • A United Counties of SDG sign on County Road 2 with the Where Canada Began brand on it. Pictured Tuesday November 5, 2019 in Loung Sault, Ont. Alan S. Hale/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia Network Photo by Alan S. Hale /Alan S. Hale/Standard-Freeholder
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SDG’s proposed new sign bylaw, which has not been implemented, was open for public consultation as of June 7, and received four comments in total.
Three were from the public, and one was a letter from a lawyer, from Gowling WLG, of a business who owns digital signs, which councillors described as threatening.
Author of the article: Jordan Haworth
Publishing date: Jun 14, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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Businesses in eastern Ontario were hit especially hard by the pandemic, but those that adapted found some relief according to a recent survey by the Eastern Ontario Training Board.
The EOTB polled 1,347 businesses across eastern Ontario between Jan. 4 and Feb. 26, totalling about 14 per cent of the workforce or over 154,000 employees. Over half of the businesses were small, with between one and nine employees, while 21.2 per cent had between 10 and 49. Some 13.2 per cent had between 50 and 199, and 2.7 per cent had over 500 employees, according to the survey.