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Letter to Council re: Designated Truck Route By-Law 110/2019
Under the City’s Procedural By-law, the Chamber of Commerce is not eligible to make a further deputation on the above By-Law during the October 7, 2019 meeting. As such, this letter outlines the Chamber’s on-going concerns with the proposed by-law…
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Press Release: Local Chamber Earns National Support for Business Concerns
THUNDER BAY, ON: SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 – Delegates for the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce have recently returned from successful meetings at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) in Saint John, NB. A key focus of the conference was the debate of 76...
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Press Release: Addressing Regional Imbalances Critical to Ontario’s Future
Industry report outlines strategies to unlock the economic potential of communities across the province
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2019 CCC Resolution: Enhancing Tariff Claims Process to Address Business Needs & Encourage Trade Growth
Canadian importers/exporters are often required to pay tariffs to gain access to International markets. In some situations, importers/exporters are able to seek relief from paid tariffs through the submission of a drawback claim to the Canada Border Services Agency or a remission approval from the Ministry of Finance. Unfortunately, the claims process is a time and resource drain to companies without the necessary expertise and/or administrative staff to manage the requirements…
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#ChooseTBayFirst: SEEK Adventure & Tours – Giant Steps
Giant steps for our community can start with small ones, and we often don‘t see until we look backwards just how far we’ve come. That’s the lesson we took from our meeting with Sue Hamel, owner of Seek Adventure and Tours. Her first small steps with local film-maker Michelle Derosier over a year ago eventually led to the creation of the Wake the Giant safe-spaces initiative…
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Member Minute with TBXI
In this Member Minute, meet Dave Grady of TBXI, Northern Ontario’s exclusive XEROX sales agent providing leading-edge office products and technology services.
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Member Profile: ITEC 2000
ITEC 2000 joined us in March of this year. Their heavy-equipment sales and service operation is out on Gardner Road in Rosslyn and employs about 35 people full-time. You may have met some of the team at one of our events, especially Jen – she comes out to lots of things – and now you can get the low-down on their business in their Member Profile.
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