Final chapter for bookstore
Illiteracy in the southeast corner of town skyrocketed recently. Or, more accurately, sales of literary works have fallen off precipitously.
Tag Archives: business
Chamber flooded
Rubber boots rather than heels or oxfords would have been the better choice for Vaughan Chamber of Commerce staffers returning to work after the Family Day long weekend.
It’s all fun and gaming for tech firm
Oren Kramer used to spend a lot of time in European hotel rooms playing video games on his laptop computer. It was during those frequent hotel stays — part of the reality of being a flight attendant for Israel’s El Al airline — that the seeds of an idea that would become Vaughan-based Ideazon Inc. were sown.
Promenade to see renos
Sounds of banging hammers and whirring power tools will ring in the month of March at the Promenade Shopping Centre.
Registers rang during Christmastime rush
With memories of the holidays quickly fading into ghosts of a Christmas past, Vaughan retailers are taking stock of the shopping season that was.
Business heats up for solar company based in Concord
Future looks bright for Your Solar Home after striking distribution deal with American utility Todd Kirkpatrick, a veteran of the high-tech world, went decidedly old school in 2000 when he bought Kerrydale Stables, a Muskoka-area commercial horse farm. It wasn’t long, however, before the long,
Vaughan Chamber gets down to business of picking award
It’s all over but the counting. The passing of the nomination deadline for the Vaughan Chamber of Commerce’s 2008 Business Achievement Awards means the hard work of picking the winners begins in earnest.
All dolled up for the busy season
Standing like a gingerbread dollhouse in the oldest stretch of historic Thornhill, Martin House Dolls welcomes Christmas shoppers out of the cold with a finely adorned tree and an elfin Saint Nick keeping watch for the naughty and nice.
Website helps job seekers cut down commuting time
It struck Strac Ivanov during his daily commute from Newmarket to Toronto that he was in the midst of a major problem that needed fixing: thousands of 905ers were, like him, losing hours travelling to and from work.
Company has space-saving garage device
Before Pat DiFiore bought his Kleinburg house last year, the first thing he wanted to see was the garage – his red 2004 Dodge Viper was in need of a good home too. However, there was something wrong – the garage would only fit two of his three cars.
Global Group’s seat of power
At 71 years old, Saul Feldberg still works 12-hour days.
After all, running one of Vaughan’s largest employers, making sure American presidents and Russian parliamentarians are comfortably seated is not your typical nine-to-five sort of job.