Hello Fort Erie Business Owner/Operator, On Monday, April 8, 2024, Fort Erie will experience a once-in-a-lifetime Total Solar Eclipse. A partial solar eclipse will begin at 2:04 p.m., with total coverage (totality) at 3:20 p.m., finally revealing the entire sun again around 4:32 p.m. What is a Total Solar Eclipse? A Total Solar Eclipse occurs&helli
Continue ReadingLunch & Learn: Road Map To Simple Safety Solutions Learn more about the Road Map to Simple Safety Solutions. With a group of panelists from Workplace Safety & Prevention, this session will give you, as a business owner, information on health and safety basics such as, employee rights and employer responsibilities. Missed it but want&helli
Continue ReadingSupporters of mechanized, programmable servers say they can fill gaps in a changing market, while others worry they pose a a threat to future employment. [caption id="attachment_19805" align="alignnone" width="640"] The Wind Group of Restaurants uses robots in several of its establishments in Niagara, including Wind and East Izakaya in Niagara Falls. In the photo with&helli
Continue Reading89th running of the second jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown at Fort Erie Race Track on Sept. 10 Niagara’s most prestigious sporting event, the Prince of Wales Stakes, will hit the border oval at Fort Erie Race Track on Sept. 10 for its 89th running. The second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, will&helli
Continue ReadingLunch & Learn: All About The Canada - Ontario Job Grant Learn more about the Canada-Ontario Job Grant from Employment Ontario Service Providers from across Niagara. This session will give you, as a business owner, information on how to access funding to train and develop and grow your team. Missed it but want to watch&helli
Continue Reading2023 Border Traffic Statistics Issued by the Bridge and Tunnel Operators Association (BTOA) Today the Bridge and Tunnel Operators Association (BTOA) released border crossing numbers for the year 2023 between the Province of Ontario and the States of Michigan and New York. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to be felt in 2023. Car&helli
Continue ReadingDec. 11, 2023 Beginning Jan. 1 2024, Niagara Region’s residential recycling program will no longer be managed by the Region and responsibility for the program will be taken on by Circular Materials, a producer responsibility organization that is administering contracts for Blue Box (which includes Grey Box in Niagara) material across the province. This change&helli
Continue ReadingDecember 11, 2023 With the holiday season fast approaching, Niagara Region Public Health and Niagara Health are encouraging everyone to get the flu and COVID-19 vaccines to protect themselves from serious illness. Cases of COVID-19 and Influenza are high across Ontario, Niagara included, and infections are expected to peak during the holiday season. As it&helli
Continue ReadingWelcome to our latest Let’s Talk for Chamber Members, where we focus on important issues affecting local businesses like yours, in a spirit of dialogue to be shared together. Now approaching its third year, we thought it useful this fall to recap some Let’s Talk themes we’ve brought to light, while pointing to a few recent&helli
Continue ReadingFire truck pull, BBQ a chance for the entire community to come together, Mayor Jim Diodati says. Many of us have at some point felt what it’s like to be stuck in mud or snow, huffing and puffing and straining while trying to push a stubborn car weighing maybe 3,000 pounds to get it moving&helli
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