CENTRE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROVIDES COVID-19 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT UPDATES The Ontario government has opened applications for the new Ontario Small Business Support Grant. The grant, first announced in December, provides a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $20,000 to eligible small businesses who have had to restrict their operations due to the Provincewide Shutdown. The tightened restrictions were put in place to help stop the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases in Ontari...

CENTRE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROVIDES COVID-19 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT UPDATES The documentation outlining the guidelines and restrictions during the province-wide shutdown is being updated with additional details based on the latest announcement. The link to that page is here. The link will not change, and the updates are happening as we speak.  We will send out further communication once the information has been updated to reflect the latest public health measures. &...

CENTRE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROVIDES COVID-19 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT UPDATES Apologies, in an effort to get this out quickly we had pre-prepared a lot of it and the previous subject line for this email indicated that WDG Public Health enters Grey, Lockdown, level. This is not the case. We are entering a provincewide shutdown on December 26, and the current Response Framework (where we are currently in Red) is PAUSED as of December 26.

CENTRE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROVIDES COVID-19 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT UPDATES WDG Public Health recommends that our Region moves to Red, Control, Level, effective Monday, December 14. December 9, 2020Read full media release here. In meetings with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Medical Officer of Health and CEO Dr. Nicola Mercer has recommended that the region move to the “Red – Control...

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Today the Province of Ontario announced that the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Region will move into the Red-Control category of the Provincial framework at 12:01 a.m. on Monday December 14, 2020.

 CENTRE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROVIDES COVID-19 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT UPDATES CEWS - Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy extended to June 2021New measures to support small businesses negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic were announced in September's Federal Speech from the Throne and in November's Ontario Budget Update. Many updates required additional details and legislation, we continue to monitor progress and provide updates as they become available.&nbs...

WDG Public Health Region Moves to Yellow, Protect, LevelAs of Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health region will be moved to the Yellow, Protect, level, within the new Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework.For the full news release, click here.The framework categorizes public health unit regions into five levels: Green–Prevent Yellow–Protect Orange–Restrict Red–Control, and LockdownEach level outlines the types of public h...

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CENTRE WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCEPROVIDES COVID-19 GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT UPDATES Ontario and Canada Helping Small Businesses Go Digital$57 Million Investment in Digital Main Street Will Help Businesses Reopen, Recover and Grow Long after COVID-19The Ontario government, in partnership with the federal government, is helping small businesses reach more customers through the Digital Main Street platform. It is a $57-million program which will help up to 22,900 Ontario businesses ...