Dispatch
Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead
REBRANDED Carve Design and Recker Art, to Jason Recker Art & Design.
MARKED By Winks Eatery, 20 years of business.
AWARDED interVal, Excellence Awardee for WealthTech Service Provider of the Year from Wealth Professional Canada Magazine.
AWARDED Doug Ferguson, 2026 Law Society Medal from the Law Society of Ontario.
ANNOUNCED By Labatt Breweries, $10,000 donation to the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, marking World Water Day.
NAMED Lerners LLP, as a finalist for Regional Law Firm of the Year – Ontario at the 2026 Canadian Law Awards.
ANNOUNCED By Davwire, contract to provide De Havilland Aircraft of Canada with electrical wiring systems for its Twin Otter Classic-300G aircraft.
ANNOUNCED By VersaBank, agreement to sell its only physical bank branch (in Holdingford, Minnesota) to Sterns Bank.
AWARDED Ewald and Greg Bierbaum of Old Oak Properties, the London Homebuilders’ Association (LHBA) 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award; and Sarah Steele of Arriscraft Canada-Brick, recipient of the 2026 LHBA Mobray Sifton Award.
ANNOUNCED By Ivey Business School: Darryl White (CEO, BMO Financial Group), 2026 Ivey Business Leader Award recipient; Nadia Ladak (co-founder and CEO, Marlow), 2026 Emerging Leader Award recipient; and Ryan Grant Little (principal, RGL Strategic), 2026 Ivey Alumni Achievement Award recipient.
PRESENTED With a 2026 Sisters of St. Joseph’s Award for Excellence: Vicky D’Oria (grants officer, St. Joseph’s Health Care Foundation); Kim Smith (instructor, veterans arts program, Parkwood Institute); Monica Collins (occupational therapist, brain injury program, Parkwood Institute); and Dr. Steven Macaluso (physiatrist, stroke and neurorehabilitation programs, Parkwood Institute).
ANNOUNCED By Digital Extremes, releasee of its Warframe game title for the Nintendo Switch 2 platform.
ANNOUNCED By Labatt Breweries of Canada and the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, a new partnership focused on protecting and improving local water systems through community-driven action and research (partnership includes a $10,000 investment from Labatt to support the development of a community science program).
ANNOUNCED By the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors — the recipients of the 2025 Don Smith Commercial Building Awards: Jefferies Commercial – Five Corners Plaza (Commercial category); Element 5 – Mass Timber Manufacturing (Industrial Category); Project CODY (Industrial Commercial category); Caradoc Housing Corporation – New Affordable Housing Apartment Building (Multi-family Community Category); The Saint James (Multi-Family High Rise category); Spektra Apartment (Multi-Family Low/Mid Rise category); London Children’s Museum (Institutional Renovation category); Burnlea Hall Student Residence (Institutional Education category); Riverstone Retirement Residence at West5 (Green category); and Lambeth Medical Centre (Heritage category).
CLOSING Fitness Forum, 900 Jalna Boulevard (expected last day of operation April 30, 2026).
OPENED Mike & Grace’s No Frills, 10293 Glendon Drive (Crestview Crossings Plaza, Kilworth).
ANNOUNCED By the Palace Theatre Arts Commons, pausing of the annual London Fringe Festival for 2026, with the intent to resume the festival in 2027.
March 28 – Build with AI: From Web Basics to Gemini Intelligence
March 30 – President’s SPARK Speaker Series
March 31 – Armo Tool Plant Tour
March 31 – London Chamber of Commerce 2026 Business Achievement Awards
March 31 – Code Tracks: March of the AI
April 2 – Life Sciences London’s Monthly Virtual Meet Up
April 2-3 – 43rd London Spring Craft Show