LOOKING FOR HELP THIS SUMMER? WHY NOT HIRE A STUDENT? FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR WAGES IS AVAILABLE! The 2018 Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) application period for employers is from December 19, 2017 to February 2, 2018. Canada Summer Jobs is a Government of Canada initiative. It provides funding for not-for-profit organizations, public sector employers and small businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees to create summer jobs for students between the ages of 15 and 30. The application form as well…

If you ever need to report an incident to the police, you can use this handy online reporting system for non-emergency cases. Even if reporting an incident doesn't always result in an ideal outcome, it is important to report them as police services tabulate reported incidents every year and use this data in order to assign resources where they are deemed to be needed most. If an incident is not reported, then they have no way of acting on it…

1. Weekly SpecialsFor those of you who follow us on social media (I hope it's a lot of you!) you know that we try and do a daily promotion of things happening in our BIA. We'd love to hear from you if you have the following:- A special offer that happens on the same day of the week each week - perhaps every Tuesday is your 2 for 1 appetizer day; or every Weds. is tax free day; or every…

I've received a couple of reports this afternoon from our retailer members that a man is making the rounds in our area, going into our stores claiming that he had bought gifts for his daughter who then passed away over the holidays and he would now like to return the items. He has no receipts and in fact it appears that he is actually shoplifting items before heading to the cash desk to ask for a refund. For those of…

A couple of pieces of business for today. First, just a reminder to please fully clear the snow and ice in front of your businesses and please salt. We've had a couple of complaints about slipping and falling in the past couple of days. Secondly, below is an email from the City's Sign By-law/Permit department. I encourage you to please read through the information to ensure that you're in compliance with the City's rules on signage. One of the big…

First off, thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to our Thrill of the Holidays event this past Saturday. The strolling carolers and santa were a hit; the winners of our Holiday Treasure Hunt were beyond Thrilled and many of them were introduced to new businesses in our area that they hadn't visited yet. Our Book City was hopping with customers - always so great to see people buying actual books! All of the event photos are on our…