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Digital Main Street will be operating workshops and webinars to help small businesses repond to COVID-19. The webinars are free to attend. 
April 8: How to Market Your Business Through the COVID-19 Crisis 
Learn how to communicate with your customers, How to update your marketing plan, Social media strategies, How to update your website and more...  Register now...  
April 8: Web Presence 101: Ensuring your Foundation is Set. 
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County of Brant, ON – The County of Brant welcomes migrant farm workers back to the community. 
“As the COVID-19 health emergency continues to evolve, migrant farm workers play a critical role in supporting our food supply,” said Mayor David Bailey. “Every year, many of the same workers return to our community, supporting our farmers and filling our grocery stores. To many farmers, these workers are like family as they’ve been returning...
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TORONTO - In order to ensure grocery store shelves remain full and families have food on the table during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government of Ontario is launching a new web portal, connecting workers with employers looking to fill positions in the agri-food sector. This new online tool will make it easier to match people to essential jobs and training resources throughout the provincial food supply chain.
"Right now, there are important jobs that need to be filled across...
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TORONTO — Following the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is reducing the list of businesses classified as essential and ordering more workplaces to close. This measure is necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of the people of Ontario, while ensuring that necessary goods and services remain available.
The government is ordering all businesses not covered by the updated Emergency Order to close effective...
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Enterprise Brant has built a new Emergency Loan for local businesses that are in need of working capital. If approved, the loan can range anywhere between $2,500 to $15,000. The application deadline is May 31st, 2020 . Applications can be found on the Enterprise Brant Emergency Loan Relief page. 
Loan terms include: 
5 Year Amortization; 
Fixed Interest Rate of 2.45% for the First Year; 
Interest Only Payments for the First Year; 
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