Small Business

Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek, Eabametoong First Nation, and Missanabie Cree First Nation are the recipient communities.

In 2016, Radical Gardens was the target of seven break-ins and a rash of vandalism, negatively impacting the fledgling agri-food business.

Longtime executive director Patti Carr leaving the position for a role in policy and communications.

Provided by FedNor, $460,000 in funding will go toward the Step Forward Entrepreneurs Program at Innovation Initiatives Ontario North in North Bay.

Additional funding for an ongoing program is providing incentives for new hires.

Patty Hajdu was appointed to the Labour portfolio in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet shuffle on Jan. 10.

The PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise: North East will host a dinner and awards ceremony in March in North Bay.

Legend Boats, a family-run business that employs 96 people, will use repayable federal funding to improve operational processes.

Women entrepreneurs are invited to apply to become mentors to Métis, Status and non-Status women interested in starting their own business.

Social Entrepreneurship Evolution project will work to learn more about existing and necessary infrastructure in Northern Ontario that supports social entrepreneurship.