Eastern Ontario

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If you live in some of the more rural or remote regions of our province, the topic of high-speed internet access can be a thorny one. This edition of the Eastern Ontario Business Journal Podcast digs into this issue.

As a city of a little over 20,000 residents, Brockville punches above its weight when it comes to staging summer festivals and special events that draw in the tourists.

Your go-to list of things to see and do in Carp this summer.

Stephen Burnett thinks he has a strategy that will bring an influx of tourists to hard-hit communities along the St. Lawrence River by inviting cruise ships to send passengers ashore to engage with local attractions and businesses.

For Meredith Salvian, owner and operator of The Perth Cheese Shop, it’s all about the customer experience: even if she has to close her shop doors to make that experience better. 

What is it with homemade pies of pretty much any flavour selling for hundreds of dollars at...

As the exodus of city dwellers to rural areas intensifies, residents in towns such as Embrun and Limoges are cautiously observing the impacts on their small communities.

There are some 213 registered rural fairs and all of them – 100 per cent – intend to stage full live shows in 2022 after knuckling under to COVID-19 for the past two years.

Three tourism organizations in Eastern Ontario will receive federal funding to help them recover from the pandemic and continue to grow.