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Business for the Arts invests in province’s cultural economy
Business for the Arts, Canada’s only national charitable organization with a mandate to strengthen the arts and culture sectors across Canada by building partnerships between the private and cultural sectors, announced today that its artsVest program expands coast to coast...
Canada trade agreement will benefit Island businesses
MacDougall Steel Erectors is optimistic about what the new Canada Free Trade Agreement will mean for the company. The agreement (CFTA) promises to benefit MacDougall Steel which – although based in the Borden-Carleton area – does much of its business off Island, especially in...
He found a business opportunity in affordable medicines
Creating jobs for Islanders - Mohammed Moin remembers the brush with illness that set him on a path to founding bioscience company Somru BioActives. “I was in my last year in high school - at home in Bangladesh - when my father became seriously ill with esophageal cancer,” Moin...
Community, business leaders guiding Island’s prosperity
A strong and diverse group of 26 Island business and community leaders will help shape Prince Edward Island’s future success. Members of the new Regional Economic Advisory Councils meet for the first time today, August 3, in Stanley Bridge. The goal of the four regional councils...
Borden-Carleton area businesses awarded $2 million in McCain grants
Mayor Dean Sexton sees a promising future for Borden-Carleton and its surrounding area that will be made brighter by grants from the McCain Foods Adjustment Fund. Nine businesses and the municipal government today were awarded a total of $2 million in grants from the transition...
45-508 - Respecting Community Economic-Development Businesses
Securities Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap-S-3.1 Document Type: Local Rule Document No: 45-508 Subject: Respecting Community Economic-Development Businesses Effective Date: July 4, 2011 Local Rule 45-508 Respecting Community Economic-Development Businesses Interpretation 1. (1) In this...
New Ignition Fund grants will jump-start Island businesses
Creating jobs for Islanders - A $25,000 Ignition Fund grant in 2016 helped Deep Roots Distillery owner Mike Beamish create a new line of buckwheat whiskey. This year, 10 new grants are being awarded to Island companies that are starting up or working to commercialize new products...