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More funding coming to hotels, resorts and tourism businesses Written by Ryan Forbes Friday, Apr 23 2021, 4:59 AM Tourism-based business owners and outfitters rallied in front of Fort Vermillion last summer, as they asked the government for financial support.
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Ontario is providing a new round of funding and support to tourism and hospitality-based businesses across the province.
Ontario says they will be introducing the Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant soon, which will provide one-time $10,000 to $20,000 payments to eligible businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector.
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Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021 • February 4, 2021 • 1 minute read • Matt Rydberg, who operates Crawford s Camp in Sioux Narrows, speaks during a virtual news conference on Thursday, Jan. 28. Crawford s Camp was one of the local businesses to receive funding from the Northern Ontario Recovery Program. Photo by Screenshot
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Nearly 200 small and medium-sized businesses in the Kenora-Rainy River district got a financial boost from Ontario’s provincial government through the new Northern Ontario Recovery Program.
A total of 187 businesses in the region are getting $3.98 million from Queen’s Park. Each business, on average, received up to $25,000. The grant that’s funded through the Northern Ontario Heritage Corporation is meant to help businesses improve safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.