by North Shore Beacon | Oct 28, 2022 | Business
By Joe Konecny St. Thomas developer Doug Tarry Homes has donated $500,000 toward building Elgin County’s first hospice. The contribution was acknowledged by Hospice of Elgin in a ceremony on October 22, 2022 at St. Thomas-Elgin Memorial Centre. “It’s understood in the...
by North Shore Beacon | Jul 1, 2022 | Business
Co-owners of the new Fire Hall Market celebrate the grand opening today. Above from left to right, Gerry Hensels, and his wife Lorraine McElroy, alongside Dale Homewood, and his wife Angela Homewood. Top photo, Steve Fisher manning the Gifford’s Wholesale Produce...
by North Shore Beacon | May 24, 2022 | Business
Never mind the unpredictable weather of late, the return of Wildflowers Farm’s Friday Night Market on June 3, 2022 is a sure sign of summer. “We just have to trust Mother Nature does what she needs to,” Jane Magri said in a recent interview. Jane and her husband Chuck...
by North Shore Beacon | Apr 13, 2022 | Business
By Joe Konecny Aylmer Express / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Silence in the Syrup Shanty these days betrays the actual performance of the Palmer’s Maple Syrup operation in Southwold, west of Port Stanley. Business has actually been steady as the...
by North Shore Beacon | Mar 21, 2022 | Business
Belated congratulations to Markus Hawco (centre), proprietor at The Ice Box, on Ross Street, in St. Thomas, for his success in the Elgin Business Resource Centre’s The Pitch. ERBC General Manager Kevin Jackson presented the $25,000 grand prize cheque to Hawco, as ERBC...