OCC: ONTARIO PENSION COMPARABILITY CHANGES ‘A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION’
On August 11th the Government of Ontario announced that it will expand the comparability rules under the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP). However, employers remain wary of the introduction…
CANADA 150 INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
Yesterday (Tuesday, July 28), Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale MP David Sweet announced grants totalling $847,976 for six projects including Westfield Heritage Village, the Carlisle Arena and the Beverly Arena in Flamborough. Sweet made…
OBA WESTJET WINNER
For the past number of years – thanks to our wonderful corporate partners at WestJet – the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) has been able to present two complimentary WestJet…
READ ALL ABOUT IT
The July, 2015 edition of the Bottom Line has gone to press. It will be distributed to over 15,000 local addresses late next week as an insert in the Flamborough…
$100 DISCOUNT FOR FCC MEMBERS
The DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University is offering a $100 discount to members of the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) for students Grades 5 to 12 who enrol…
A GOOD WEEK FOR FLAMBOROUGH
Ward 14 Councillor Robert Pasuta is a man of a few words. He hardly ever speaks at meetings of Hamilton Council and its many committees. But when this Mountsberg farmer…
AND THEN THERE WERE THE LANDSCAPERS
Also on the agenda for Friday’s Council meeting was final consideration of the proposed Rural Zoning Bylaw. The proposed by-law would outlaw almost all of the landscaping enterprises located in…
OCC: CURB HIGH ELECTRICITY COSTS
In the most widely consulted report in the organization’s history, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has called on the Government of Ontario to take immediate action and address the…
VERDICT: RURAL LANDSCAPERS
Representatives from several members (including Millgrove Garden Supplies and Gelderman Landscaping) as well as Executive Director Tony DiGiovanni of Landscape Ontario and Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) Executive Director Arend…
SAMSUNG SOLAR FARM
Also on the agenda of yesterday’s Planning and Development Committee meeting was a request from Samsung that it support its proposal to build a 180-200 acre ‘solar farm’ on the…
IMPORTANT – RURAL ZONING BY-LAW
Even though the formal agenda for the meeting has not yet been posted, the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) wants to alert its members that the Planning Committee of the…
THE FCC AT CITY HALL
Reflecting its growing influence, Hamilton Council has invited the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) – as ‘The Voice of Business in Flamborough – to appoint representatives to both its Government…
COGECO HONOURS ITS VERY BEST
FCC Executive Director Arend Kersten was a guest at the recent annual COGECO gala celebrating the finest in community television programming throughout all of Ontario. Arend had earlier been a…
FCC PAN AM TORCH BEARER
In partnership with the Ontario Lottery Corporation (OLG), the Flamborough Chamber of Commerce (FCC) selected as its representative in the Pan Am Torch Run Corporal Chris Klodt of Westover. Serving…
KERSTEN ADDRESSES GLANBROOK DIVISION
FCC Executive Director Arend Kersten was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Glanbrook Division of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last week. There he shared his thoughts on…