In this edition:
- Trudeau’s holiday sales tax break for Canadians gets approval
- GNCC urges Government of Canada to intervene in Canada Post strike
- Applications now open for next round of Skills Development Fund
- Community Living receives OTF grant for Sensory and Youth Recreation rooms
- Economy levels off with 0.1% growth in September following stagnant August
- Brock receives $2M multi-institutional grant for viticulture and oenology
- Focus on Technology
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GNCC urges Government of Canada to intervene in Canada Post strike
The Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce (GNCC) has urged the Government of Canada to intervene in the Canada Post strike. The GNCC’s request has been echoed by other Chambers of Commerce across the country, including the Canadian and Ontario Chambers.
The strike has now shut down operations at Canada Post for more than two weeks. The Chamber is urging the government to intervene and resolve the dispute fairly, and to restore mail service immediately.
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Applications now open for next round of Skills Development Fund
Today, the Ontario government has launched the second round of its Skills Development Fund (SDF) Capital Stream, with over $74 million in available funding to build, expand and retrofit training facilities for workers in the trades, including construction, manufacturing, technology and health care.
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Community Living receives OTF grant for Sensory and Youth Recreation rooms
Community Living Port Colborne~Wainfleet has received a $25,000 capital grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The grant was used to install accessibility upgrades and purchase new technology and recreation equipment for their Sensory and Youth Recreation rooms.
Sensory rooms are a place where individuals can go when they feel overstimulated, a sensory room provides a calming environment where an overstimulated person can regain control of their emotions.
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Economy levels off with 0.1% growth in September following stagnant August
Real gross domestic product (GDP) edged up 0.1% in September, after remaining essentially unchanged in August.
Services-producing industries rose 0.2% in September, in large part driven by increases in the retail and wholesale trade sectors.
From left: Biological Sciences master’s student Frédérik Rivard, Inglis, Lab Manager and Technologist Fei Yang, and Biological Sciences master’s student Reid Ball. | Picture credit: Brock University
Brock receives $2M multi-institutional grant for viticulture and oenology
A $2-million funding boost from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) will support a multi-institutional project led by Brock University that aims to drive resilience in the province’s grape and wine industry.
The project, “Viticulture Innovation and Next-generation Oenology (VINO) Solutions: Strengthening Ontario’s Grape and Wine Sector for Climate Resilience, Innovation Excellence and Global Economic Leadership,” will develop new growing and fermenting approaches to help the industry combat threats such as pests, plant viruses and climate change.
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Trudeau’s holiday sales tax break for Canadians gets approval. Here’s when you’ll start saving the GST and HST
Canada’s federal government has approved a two-month tax break, and the Ontario government has plans to match it.
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced Nov. 27 the province would also remove the provincial sales tax (PST) from the same items the federal government is axing the tax on.
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Focus on Technology
Canadian news organizations sue ChatGPT creator
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