Brampton – Gurbax Singh Malhi was awarded the Key to the City of Brampton for his outstanding achievements as a trailblazer for the Sikh and South Asian community. Mayor Patrick Brown presented the Key to the City of Brampton at a ceremony at The Rose Brampton, which included a panel discussion with Sikh municipal elected officials; Navjit Kaur Brar, Regional Councillor, …
Vancouver – The early learning and child care sector continues to evolve in increasingly complex and challenging environments. Identifying innovative practices and solutions that better address the essential needs of children and families is key to continuing to improve early learning and child care services across Canada. Minister of International Development, Harjit S. Sajjan, on behalf of the Minister of …
Brampton – Mobile business drivers and operators can now apply for and renew their licence and vehicle plates online. The City of Brampton issues or renews licences for approximately 1,500 driver/operator licences each year and issues or renews vehicle plates for approximately 1,200 vehicles each year. The following mobile businesses currently require a licence and vehicle plate in order to operate …
Toronto – Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie (Scarborough-Rouge Park) and Toronto City Councillor Dianne Saxe (University-Rosedale) were at Evergreen Brick Works to announce that 100 per cent of short-term actions in support of the City of Toronto’s ambitious net zero emission targets are now underway, with some complete. The update is one of the key findings within two City reports on …
Toronto – The City of Toronto is reopening its debenture offerings for an additional $350 million conventional bond to help finance critical capital projects. This is the City’s first public debenture issuance this year. This conventional bond issue, which is a reopening of a debenture originally issued in May 2022, has an all-in cost of 4.504 per cent, a coupon …
Canada and Ontario investing up to $6 million in market development effort Toronto – The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $6 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to help eligible agri-food businesses and industry organizations expand into domestic and foreign markets. The Grow Ontario Market Initiative is a new, cost-share initiative that will …
New expansion projects will create good-paying manufacturing jobs for workers in London and St. Thomas LONDON – The Ontario government is supporting more than $14 million in new investments by two Southwestern Ontario companies, EDGE Automation and Takumi Stamping Canada Inc., to boost local manufacturing and create 78 new good-paying jobs in London and St. Thomas. As part of these …
Toronto – A City of Toronto staff report going before the Economic and Community Development Committee on Tuesday, April 25, is recommending revised criteria for activating Warming Centres during the winter response season. The report recommendations respond to direction given by City Council in February to review current procedures regulating the opening of Warming Centres. Based on the evidence reviewed, …
Toronto – The City of Toronto launched its second annual request for proposals (RFP) for the Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition (MURA) program to protect affordable rental housing for Toronto residents. This RFP provides $21.5 million in City funding and incentives to qualified non-profit housing providers, including Indigenous housing providers, cooperatives and community land trusts. Over the past year, the MURA program …
Toronto – The City of Toronto is expanding its Traffic Agents Program to increase road safety and better manage traffic congestion. A total of 30 Traffic Agents are budgeted to be deployed this year, with the first wave of new employees currently being deployed to critical intersections across Toronto. The City’s Traffic Agents program is a congestion management strategy that …
