Dispatch

Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead

PROMOTED Kira Harnett, to publishing operations manager, Ivey Publishing.

OPENING Yasmine’s Express, White Oaks Mall (early 2025).

APPOINTED Lisa Higgs, city manager, City of St. Thomas.

PROMOTED Blaine Mendola, to manager, commerce and capital, Western University.

APPOINTED Nicole Archibald (principal, Archibald Consulting), to the board of directors and audit and investment committees, AXIOM Mutual Insurance Company.

RECEIVED By 12 Southwestern Ontario companies, non-repayable contributions of $20,000 from TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario in partnership with Boundless Accelerator, through Cohort 3 of the Government of Canada-supported i.d.e.a. Fund: Carboform Inc., Deep Breathe, Digits Rehab Inc., Evelyn’s Sausage Kitchen, Everything Recycling Inc., Hada Medtech, KROP Farming Technologies Ltd., Limesoft Inc., Re:Pair Genomics Inc., SomaDetect, Xatoms and Zacstar Zambia Limited.

NAMED Western University, to the Forbes 2024 Canada’s Best Employers for Diversity list.

December 24 – Santa’s Flight