Business owners are upbeat about the future of Leeds and Grenville with 40 per cent saying they would be expanding during the next 18 months.
Those expansion plans are forecast to create 349 new jobs and increase commercial and industrial floor space by 139,390 square feet, according to a Business Expansion and Retention study of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
The survey of counties’ businesses found that another 48 per cent of the companies plan on...
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A second cannabis company is setting up shop in North Grenville. Era Cannabis plans on building a 10,000 square foot facility on Townline Road in Kemptville. 
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The provincial government is contributing more than half a million dollars to a Brockville manufacturer’s ongoing expansion.
Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP Steve Clark on Friday announced Canarm Ltd. is getting $562,000 through the Eastern Ontario Development Fund toward its multimillion-dollar facility expansion.
Clark, who is also the province’s municipal affairs minister, said the expansion will create 12 new jobs and support 160 existing...
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Brockville General Hospital will receive $5.5 million more this year as part of a provincial government boost to funding for small and medium-sized hospitals.
Local MPP Steve Clark announced on Thursday that the three hospitals in Leeds and Grenville will share an additional $6.9 million this year. The Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital will receive $1.26 million, while the Kemptville and District Hospital will get a $158,000 boost.
Clark said the money is part of...
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Sunlight poured through the bay doors of Prescott’s new 14,000-square-foot firehall Sunday afternoon, lighting the way for a stream of visitors eager to view the facility.
The firehall officially went into service last fall, but the public viewing was delayed to complete finishing touches and to accommodate busy summer schedules, said Fire Chief Barry Moorhouse.
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