At a time when many schools are shuttering throughout Leeds and Grenville, one municipality has received millions of dollars in funding to expand.
Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP Steve Clark announced Friday that the Ontario government is investing nearly $10 million in two school expansion projects in Kemptville.
The province has given the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) the green light to tender a $7.2-million addition to North...
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A new report reveals the cities that are seeing the strongest immigration currently; and those that are seeing the most exits.
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Ontario is launching a provincewide Job Site Challenge to identify shovel-ready mega sites where automakers or other advanced manufacturers could invest in Ontario by building a large plant, creating thousands of good-paying direct and supply-chain jobs.
Proposals will be accepted between January 1 and March 31, 2020 .
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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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