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Role of Employer During a Workplace COVID-19 Outbreak

September 29, 2020 | News

September 29, 2020 | News

Updated: September 29, 2020. Role of employer during a workplace COVID-19 outbreak (via Toronto Public Health) Develop a preparedness and response plan in the event someone becomes ill with symptoms of COVID-19. Communicate with employees and business …

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BIA 50th Anniversary Press Release

September 15, 2020 | News, Press Releases

September 15, 2020 | News, Press Releases

Toronto-born Business Improvement Area (BIA) program celebrates 50-year milestone Toronto, ON – Toronto’s Business Improvement Area (BIA) program is celebrating 50 years. The Toronto-born concept’s enabling legislation was signed by the province on September 16, 1970. The …

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Audit of COVID-19 Related Assistance Programs

September 9, 2020 | News

September 9, 2020 | News

Attention Toronto based businesses! The Toronto Association is undertaking an audit of all COVID-19 business related assistance programs and we want to hear from you. The results of this survey will help shape future advocacy efforts to …

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BIA 50: The Original BIA Designating Bylaw

August 31, 2020 | 50th Anniversary Stories, News

August 31, 2020 | 50th Anniversary Stories, News

In the late 1960s the Bloor-Jane-Runnymede Businessmen’s Association concluded that the chief problem it faced was in the raising of funds to carry on its services to the local business community. It developed a scheme whereby the …

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