Eastern Ontario

Forty years ago, David Beatty and a group of local investors from Brockville had their eye on a vacant manufacturing plant at the edge of town.

As climate change leads to milder, shorter winters, businesses are finding ways to become more resilient and more sustainable, according to one Queen's University professor. 

Insomnia Cookies, a cookie company geared toward delivering warm-from-the-oven treats to sleep-deprived students is slowly expanding into Ontario, and Ottawa could be next on the menu.

A new law office for Loopstra Nixon LLP has opened in Kingston, headed by former city solicitor Jenna Morley.

What happens to a solar brewery during a total eclipse of the sun? That’s what customers and visitors at Arbru Solar Brewery in Mallorytown will find out come the solar maxima eclipse on Monday, April 8. 

Joe Hudson, co-founder of family-owned Burnbrae Farms, has died at the age of 94. He passed away Thursday at his home near Brockville surrounded by his family, his daughter Margaret Hudson wrote on LinkedIn.

Mike Adjeleian was a 27-year-old student at the Rhode Island School of Design when he was electrocuted at a manufacturing plant during a school trip. Nearly 40 years later, Adjeleian is a family man, an industrial designer, and the mind behind the L'il Sucker, an innovative cup-holding technology.

Roughly 90 minutes southwest of Ottawa, the tiny Rideau Lakes village of Newboro punches far above its weight when it comes to amusements for road trippers.

Brockville-based power cable manufacturer Northern Cables is setting itself up for the next few years of growth with an $80,000 expansion of one of its plants. 

Now the sole owner of Cornwall City Press, and still surprised by her nomination and grateful to her community, Wendy Grant sat down with OBJ to chat about how a simple “why not?” turned into preserving a nearly century-old legacy in Cornwall.