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The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has developed a ‘Smart Tech’ online resource centre to help small business owners understand what information and communication technology (ICT) is and how they can apply it to their businesses.  Their FREE online assessments include a [...]

Shop Local This Small Business Saturday

Holiday season is ramping up, with stores hauling out their seasonal displays and people brushing off their credit cards in anticipation – or dread – of Christmas shopping excursions.
This year, American Express is once again leading the promotion of the Small Business Saturday initiative, encouraging people to focus on supporting their local small businesses which, in [...]

Forget Whiz Bang, Focus on Small Bang

In public meetings across the country, many folks are desperately trying to come up with the next “whiz bang” idea to help small communities maintain their local economies. 
It’s tough out there … and it’s bound to get tougher before it gets better.
But wouldn’t it be great if people weren’t encouraged to go down the path of searching for a [...]

Reap the Benefits of a Corn Maze

In many rural areas, pumpkin-picking, corn-mazing and hayriding across crisp fields define the fall months - by far the busiest season for agritourism businesses. 
A growing number of tourists – largely urban and suburban families with children - are taking the time to explore such local attractions, broadening the potential for agritourism to provide additional income to support family farms … [...]

Transport Canada Wanting Input for Road Safety Survey

Canadian municipalities play a pivotal role in road safety. 
Transport Canada wants to know about your municipality’s road safety initiatives, including key goals, programs and stakeholders – as well as safety gains you’ve achieved. 
This information will be used to help Transport Canada determine municipalities’ level of road safety engagement across Canada.  Aggregate information that highlights road [...]