A small eastern Ontario town that was once known as the province's chocolate capital is preparing for the sweet return of Hershey's.
“The town was hurting,” Kirkwood said.
Tweed hyped up its opening, hosting an event on Aug. 25, 2018, featuring one of its most famous partners: Snoop Dogg. Sean Lawrence remembers locals looking on from their porches as the rapper smoked a blunt, months before the company started selling the cannabis-infused products it was making at the factory.
But that good fortune came to a close with the rise of diesel engines and cars, putting the brakes on the railway repair, maintenance and service business. Some of those are among the 43 new businesses that opened in 2021 and 2022, according to the municipality’s business survey. Pankow said more than 500 new residential units have been developed since the 2021 census data was gathered, partially thanks to the urban exodus sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw city-dwellers from Ottawa and Toronto settle into smaller communities.
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