Business

CARP – For hundreds of thousands of small businesses, the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan was a lifeline during the COVID pandemic, providing a $60,000 loan for businesses that were repeatedly forced to close over a two-year period due to public health regulations.

ARNPRIOR – A small business owner is leading a federally funded project with the goal of having the local community lead workforce development and retention in a small rural town.

WOODLAWN – Every now and again opportunity knocks. For Spencer Stevenson that was in 2013 when he took notice and unlocked a door to a whole new career.  

CARP – Mental health has come to the forefront of well-being in the 21st century, and Carp’s Focus Forward Therapy Group (FFTG) is bringing boutique-style mental health care to the very underserved community of West Carleton in Carp.

DUNROBIN – Sometimes when two lives intersect amazing things happen.  

ARNPRIOR – After decades of anchoring Arnprior’s shrinking industrial area, Arnprior Aerospace Inc. is closing its doors permanently on March 6, 2024.

CARP ROAD CORRIDOR – The Carp Road Corridor Business Improvement Area (CRCBIA) will focus on local city projects key to the business community’s prosperity during its 13th annual general meeting Feb. 1.

KINBURN – Lordy, lordy, look who’s 40. Kinburn Farm Supply Ltd. has been serving farmers, residents and businesses in the West Carleton area for 40 years, although they don’t look a day over 35.

KINBURN – With adversity comes opportunity; just ask Bonnie McGonigal of Pup’s Place in Kinburn.

ARNPRIOR – Alan Aumont and his brother Alvan have been operating Arnprior and Ottawa Auto Parts, affectionately known as A and O, for nearly 50 years as they prepare to pass the torch of the family business to the third generation within the next year.