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Government of Canada welcomes largest investment in Canada’s auto industry

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada/Media Release

A major milestone that will create thousands of Canadian jobs for the net-zero emission economy of the future

The future of Canada’s transportation sector is green. So to create middle-class...

Windsor firm manufacturer GBIE readies for future growth with new plant

Dave Waddell/The Windsor Star

To celebrate the grand opening of GBIE Inc.’s new 64,000 square foot plant in Windsor last Friday, company president Dave Bareich filled the facility’s loading bay with ‘their cars.’

It was a gathering of automotive royalty...

Oven 360 chain continues expansion with downtown outlet

Dave Waddell/The Windsor Star

The owners of one of Windsor’s most successful homegrown businesses, Oven 360, are hoping their latest project will not only pump new life into a historic building that once housed Ye Olde Steak House but will nudge forward...

Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington gives keynote speech to local small business community

Trevor Wilhelm/The Windsor Star

Anybody can swim with the sharks.

Kevin Harrington, an original investor on ABC’s Shark Tank, was in Windsor this week to deliver that message.

The celebrity entrepreneur gave the keynote speech Monday night for the Small...

SBEC celebrates 30-year anniversary with world-renowned business expert and Shark Kevin Harrington

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Centre/Media Release

WINDSOR-ESSEX, ONT. (Nov. 21, 2022) – Today, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Centre (SBEC), a division of Invest WindsorEssex, celebrated their 30-year anniversary serving the Windsor-Essex...