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Ontario Announces Regional COVID-19 Reopening Plan and Extends Stay-At-Home Order Today, Premier Doug Ford announced that the Government of Ontario is moving to a regional approach and maintaining the shutdown in the majority of the public health regions in Ontario, including the Stay-at-Home order and all existing public health and workplace safety measures. When it […]

At 1:30pm Tuesday, December 12 2021, Premier Doug Ford announced that effective immediately the Province of Ontario returns to a State of Emergency. Effective Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 12:01 a.m., the government is issuing a 28-day stay-at-home order requiring everyone to remain at home with exceptions for essential purposes, such as going to the […]

To Our Valued Membership, As a follow-up to the April 2020, COVID Business Impact Survey, and as recommended by the Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Recovery, the City of Hamilton’s Economic Development Division has partnered with Workforce Planning Hamilton to launch an enhanced Employer One survey to understand the needs of Hamilton based businesses and […]

Find out more about the recent Throne Speech and details from the new federal recovery framework including measures announced in support of the business community. Click on the link below to view the replay of the Virtual Post as a YouTube video. https://youtu.be/UHtM3zxxwiI

Re-Opening Guide for Local Business The actions companies take now during the recovery period can set the foundation for them to achieve sustained growth and performance after the pandemic is over.  This guide is meant to assist you with opening your business as quickly, efficiently, and safely as possible. And even if your business is […]

A Business in Crisis – Develop your Long-term Business Survival Plan Operating a small or medium sized business is tough in the best of circumstances and in these unprecedented times, a decline in transactions has severely impacted most businesses. We all share the same concerns about the well-being of our families, employees, friends, co-workers and […]

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 the Government of Ontario is ordering non-essential workplaces to close down or work remotely. IMPORTANT NOTES: Teleworking and online commerce are permitted at all times for all businesses This closure will be in effect for 14 days with the possibility of extending this order as the situation evolves Moving […]

STONEY CREEK CHAMBER COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS – UPDATED RESPONSE As the COVID-19 Coronavirus continues to spread globally, commerce and communities are being impacted severely, as predicted. Your Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce is continuing to coordinate with officials at the municipal, provincial and federal level and will keep you apprised of updates; we are continuing to […]

Nominations for the Annual Community Achievements Awards are now OPEN. Community Achievements Awards Nomination Form 2019 The nomination deadline is Friday March 20, 2020 at noon for all categories:  Citizen of the Year  Jr. Citizen of the Year  Outstanding Business Achievement for a Large Business (over 25 employees)  Outstanding Business Achievement for a Small Business […]

In 1967, the Stoney Creek Chamber awarded its first Citizen of the Year Award.  Since then, the recognition has been expanded to recognize great citizens and businesses that have distinguished themselves with outstanding contributions to our community, and each year a wonderful Gala is held in honour of the award recipients. Seven winners were honoured […]