Eastern Ontario – Brockville Newswatch

Eastern Ontario unemployment creeps up for third month

April 8, 2022 Bill Kingston

EASTERN ONTARIO – The number of people without a job in Eastern Ontario crept up for a third straight month bucking the national trend. Statistics […]

Unemployment up in January in Eastern Ontario

February 4, 2022 Bill Kingston

EASTERN ONTARIO – After months of steady decline, the unemployment rate edged up slightly in Eastern Ontario in January. Statistics Canada says the rate was […]

Unemployment drop to close out 2021

January 9, 2022 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – The regional unemployment rate for Eastern Ontario dropped a half per cent in December. Statistics Canada says the rate for the area from […]

Unemployment drops sharply in Eastern Ontario

September 13, 2021 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – The unemployment rate for Eastern Ontario dropped sharply in August. Statistics Canada says the area from Brockville to Ottawa and east to the […]

COMMENTARY: O.P.P. East Region communication center closure will affect service

June 1, 2021 Bill Kingston

Outside of the urban centers, when you make an emergency call to the Ontario Provincial Police it goes to Smiths Falls, in Eastern Ontario. But […]

New jail guards assigned to Brockville

March 27, 2021 Bill Kingston

HAMILTON – The Ontario government is hiring 91 new correctional officers and some of those new hires will be stationed in Brockville. There are 18 […]

Contract awarded for cellular gap closure in Eastern Ontario

March 19, 2021 Bill Kingston

EASTERN ONTARIO – The final piece of the puzzle in Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s cellular gap project has been met. EORN announced Friday morning that […]

Earthquake lightly shakes Eastern Ontario

March 14, 2021 Bill Kingston

KEMPTVILLE – Some people around Eastern Ontario felt the earth move a bit Saturday night. Earthquakes Canada says an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 […]

Unemployment drops slightly in February

March 12, 2021 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – The unemployment rate for Eastern Ontario dropped slightly in February. Statistics Canada says the rate for the area from Brockville to Ottawa and […]

Jobless rate drops for fourth month in Eastern Ontario

January 11, 2021 Bill Kingston

EASTERN ONTARIO – For the fourth month in a row, the number of people in Eastern Ontario on the unemployment line dropped. Statistics Canada says […]