Dispatch

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

ANNOUNCED By Goodwill Ontario Great Lakes, three-year, $525,000 financial commitment from RBC Foundation in support of Goodwill’s WorkFirst program.

OPENED Tsokolate Café, 57 York Street.  

DONTATED By the Nazem Kadri Foundation, $50,000 to the London Food Bank.

MOVING Willie’s Café, to One London Place, 255 Queens Avenue (mid-January 2026 opening).

ESTABLISHED By Western University, the Western Centre for Bioethics (inaugural chair of the centre is School of Health Studies professor Maxwell Smith).

OPENING Canna Cabana, 1299 Oxford Street East (December 15, 2025). 

December 12RBC Place London: Christmas at Our Place

December 15Protecting Ontario’s Economy: A Breakfast with Minister Vic Fedeli

December 17 Film London | Screenwriters of London

December 19Virtual: Starting A Small Business Seminar

December 19Attica Manufacturing Holiday Open House

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