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Creating jobs for Islanders - Chris Francis is enthusiastic about coffee, coffee culture, and the impact that ethical sourcing can have on the developing-world farmers who grow coffee beans. “I was always a lover of good coffee,” says Francis, who co-owns Receiver Coffee in...
Creating jobs for Islanders - For Charlottetown custom clothier Coltin Handrahan, the path to entrepreneurship led straight through the Junior Achievement program at school. He started his company Golden Custom Clothing while he was still a student, making custom-designed shirts...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Builders and contractors like Carson Gill are benefiting from an active 2017 for residential construction in Prince Edward Island. Housing starts are up 43.7 percent compared to 2016 and building permits have increased 23.8 percent. Gill, who owns...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Ron MacDougall sees a bright future for his company MacDougall Steel Erectors Inc. (MSE) thanks to a $7 million renovation and fit-up to its production facilities. As part of its plan to grow and diversify, the company recently purchased the former...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Charlottetown Metal Products owner Trevor Spinney knows how tough it can be to break into international markets. Spinney is one of more than 100 Island entrepreneurs attending Export Day tomorrow (September 14) in Charlottetown. It’s an opportunity...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Graham Coll is one of many highly specialized workers who have been drawn to Sekisui Diagnostics both for its fast-growing international reputation and for its Prince Edward Island location. The Ontario native moved to the Island in 2013 to join the...
Investing in Infrastructure - Popular tourism destination receiving communication infrastructure upgrades Each summer, in quiet communities along the north shore of PEI, seasonal businesses open their doors to welcome an influx of excited visitors. Tourism is a way of life in the...
VetHealth Global 2017 has been designed to cover many topics important to the global animal health industry What do you get when you combine senior animal health leaders and experts, innovative bioscience companies, regulators, and investors in one location? The Governments of...
Mayor Dean Sexton sees a promising future for Borden-Carleton and its surrounding area that will be made brighter by grants from the McCain Foods Adjustment Fund. Nine businesses and the municipal government today were awarded a total of $2 million in grants from the transition...
More Prince Edward Island products will be traded with China, more Chinese students will learn at Island schools, and more Chinese visitors will come here as a result of a recent trade mission led by Premier Wade MacLauchlan. The Island delegation to the March 22-31 China trade...