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Three Manitoulin business get MNDM grants

Three communities on Manitoulin are getting money from the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.  MNDM is giving two businesses agriculture grants and one beneficiary is Cyr Hay Storage in Assiginack.  The company is getting $45,000 to erect a building to store hay over the winter.  And on the receiving end of $29,000 is Lobo Loco Alpacas in Sheguiandah.  Lobo Loco is buying equipment to turn alpaca and llama wool into high-end yarn.  On the economic development side, the Wiki Development Corporation has 30,000 to create engineering drawings for 15 lots in an industrial park.

 

Rocco Frangione
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.

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