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Kingston-based MetalCraft Marine was recently honoured with a prestigious award at the International WorkBoat Show for its Monjed 2, a patrol, rescue and fireboat that it built for the Kuwait Fire Force.

Securing foreign workers to help ease the labour shortage in Eastern Ontario is one challenge, keeping those workers in smaller communities is another.

Constantin Mugenga started a business that would enable him to hire immigrants, give them positions of responsibility as well as training, and expose them to leadership skills while offering them Canadian experience.

During the pandemic, most restaurant owners were lucky just to survive. In Kingston, Gokhan Cifci saw an opportunity to open his second dining establishment.

Ross Video’s drive toward sustainability with its new facility in Iroquois has already had an unexpected benefit: a home for an employee in need.

With an electric vehicle ecosystem taking shape in Kingston, officials are trying to determine the skills that will be needed by the growing industry.

With no construction experience to speak of, Dutch immigrant Arie Daalder has parlayed a passion for craftsmanship into a $1.2-million business building custom bunkies, cabins, cottages and log homes.

One of the world’s last grand Edwardian passenger steamships will make a triumphant arrival in Kingston later this year and become a boon to the local tourism scene, officials hope.  

Kingston's growing expertise in EV batteries and their components will be key to landing future investments, this official says.

It might seem unusual for an artisan, but Renfrew potter Marie Josée Lévesque believes the future of her business involves more automation.