OBJ provides occasional regional business coverage of Eastern Ontario including news from Renfrew (north) to Kingston (west) to Cornwall (south) to Hawkesbury (east).
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.
In anticipation of the upcoming solar eclipse, Kingston is preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — and its tourism operators aren’t wasting any time “leveraging” the rare celestial event.
Ottawa developers Taggart Group of Companies and Claridge Homes have been pre-approved by the City of Kingston to submit proposals to build a new conference centre.
While markets along Highway 401 are benefiting from strong demand for industrial properties, areas like the Ottawa Valley are seeing a slower recovery for commercial real estate post-pandemic.
The federal government invested $4.2 million into a Kingston facility that processes the critical minerals needed for such things as electric vehicle batteries.
The parent company of Bell Canada is slashing nine per cent of its workforce as it remains at odds with CRTC over what it calls "predetermined" regulatory direction.