Dispatch

Dispatch

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

OPENED Boxcar Donuts 200 Queens Avenue, Unit 104.

MARKED By Good Sport, 402.5 Richmond Street, 10 years of operation.

ACQUIRED By J-AAR, the civil construction division of Kitchener-based The Seegmiller Group of Companies.

APPOINTED Keli Corpse, general manager, London Nationals.

NAMED Emma Donoghue, to the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist, for her novel The Paris Express.

APPOINTED Chris Costello, Broker, Thrive Realty Group Inc., Brokerage.

OPENED London Pilates, 750 Richmond Street (co-space with Lashed Up Studio London).

OPENED The Bernie & Beverley Zaifman Learning & Development Centre at McCormick Care Group.

RECEIVED From TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario, up to $250,000 in grants (total funding) to 13 companies through Cohort Four of Government of Canada-funded i.d.e.a. Fund: Launch Bioindustries Inc., Zentein Nutrition Inc., Forest City Microgreens, Lohn Corp., CELLECT Laboratories, Building Resilience Corp., Next-Door Rental Inc., Grindstone Blends Inc., Amicare Inc., Missingwealth, Yadag, Manelink and Gwella.

APPOINTED To the TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario board of directors: Meaghan Daly (vice chair); Alysia Christiaen (secretary); Jeff Evans, Kim Atkinson and Daniel Hart.

ANNOUNCED By Aduro Clean Technologies Inc., launch of global site-selection process as part of its Demonstration Plant program, with a focus on locations across Canada, Europe and Mexico.

AWARDED London Hydro, 2025 Consumer and Home Safety Award from the Electrical Safety Authority for its school electricity safety program.

APPOINTED Jennifer von Ruczicki, director of community development, Western Fair Association.

October 14Medical Innovation Series

October 15-18Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology Conference 2025

October 15The Big Picture 2025

October 15London Chamber of Commerce: Open Office Hours with the CEO

October 15London Chamber of Commerce: Roundtable with Terence Kernaghan

October 15Customs for Food Processors & Distributors – Virtual

October 15The Economy and You: Managing Uncertainty

October 15Film London | Screenwriters of London

October 16-19CoQuest: A Collaborative Forum on Creative Localism

October 16TechAlliance: Tech Meetups

October 16Women’s Canadian Club London 2025-2026 Speaker Series: Jill Wilcox

October 16London Chamber of Commerce October MEGA Business After 5

October 17 – Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling & Supplemented Foods Workshop

 

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