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Canada – FedDev Ontario extends funding for Digital Main Street initiative and Recovery Activation Program

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an immense strain on retail-oriented main street businesses and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the past 16 months. August 13, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario $8.7 million in additional funding to help 4,100 more businesses recover from the pandemic and keep 150 students employed The COVID-19 pandemic has placed an immense strain on retail-oriented main street businesses and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) over the past 16 months. In order to survive, many of these businesses had to pivot their operations from brick-and-mortar locations to the digital marketplace. That is why in June 2020, the Government ... Read more

Canada – Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario invest over $1.2 million in six community and recreation projects in Central and Northern Ontario

Renovation and renewal of the elevators at two Fitness and Recreation centres in the YMCA of Northeastern Ontario YMCA of Northeastern Ontario The project includes replacing the existing two elevators at the Sudbury location and the one person lift at the North Bay location, with a full-service elevator. The new elevator at the North Bay location will accommodate more than one person at a time and is modernized to meet the participants’ needs. $277,935 $231,589 $185,313 $0 Craigleith Heritage Depot Renovations Town of The Blue Mountains This project includes updating the depot’s roof, siding, accessible doors, and fenestrations. Other updates ... Read more

Canada – Canada and Ontario invest over $1.2 million in six community and recreation projects in Central and Northern Ontario

Today, Paul Lefebvre, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Victor Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade, and Member of Provincial Parliament for Nipissing, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; and Helen Francis, President and CEO of the YMCA of Northeastern Ontario, announced joint funding for six community and recreation infrastructure projects in Central and Northern Ontario. Sudbury, Ontario, August 13, 2021—Across the country, Canadians are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 on their families, their livelihoods, and their way of ... Read more

Canada – Canada and Ontario invest over $6.5 million in two community infrastructure projects in York Region and Ajax

News release Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Member of Parliament for Ajax, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; the Honourable Deb Schulte, Minister of Seniors; Francesco Sorbara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament for Vaughan–Woodbridge; Tony Van Bynen, Member of Parliament for Newmarket–Aurora; the Honourable Rod Phillips, Ontario’s Minister of Long-Term Care and Member of Provincial Parliament for Ajax, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; the Honourable Christine Elliott, Ontario’s Deputy Premier, Minister of Health and Member of Provincial Parliament for Newmarket–Aurora; the ... Read more

Canada – Canada and Ontario invest over $5.2 million in three culture and recreation projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and Central Ontario

Today, Sven Spengemann, Member of Parliament for Mississauga—Lakeshore, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honorable Nina Tangri, Ontario’s Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, and Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga—Streetsville, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma, Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure; and Billy Pang, Member of Provincial Parliament for Markham—Unionville announced joint funding for three culture and recreation infrastructure projects in the GTHA and Central Ontario. Mississauga, Ontario, August 13, 2021 — Across the country, Canadians are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 on their families, their livelihoods, and ... Read more