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Portfolio Archives: Small Business

Walls of Sneaky Dee's bar. Spray paint and graffiti covers head to toe.
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Sneaky Dee’s: Standing tall (figuratively)

Downtown Toronto, M5T, Small BusinessBy Kieran LauzierMay 6, 2024

The Tex-Mex bar defiantly stands against gentrification and rising costs in the city By Kieran Lauzier In recent years, it seems like all of downtown Toronto’s “biggest” streets have become, well, bigger. Walking down Bloor, Queen, and Dundas Streets, you are sure to see a towering apartment complex or two, maybe a giant chain restaurant,…

View of a beach with rocky sand on the left and waves on the right. In the background, a nuclear power plant is visible, blocked by a fence marked with caution signs.
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Living Near Nuclear

Eastern Front, L1W, Pickering, Services, Small BusinessBy Hailey FordMay 2, 2024

By Hailey Ford. To the people in the shadow of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, it’s not something to be feared, just forgotten.

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The fashionable rise of live selling

M1K, Pursuits, Small Business, technologyBy Rebecca DraperMay 2, 2023

By Rebecca Morales Draper Vanessa “Van” Carbonell stands in front of a ring light in her dimly lit basement, surrounded by bags filled with colourful clothing and accessories – dresses, shirts, skirts, purses, wallets and more. Facing her phone, she holds up and sometimes even models the items for an audience watching her live on…

custom Dior crewneck in navy blue with black jeans and black sneakers.
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Colourful Threads and Baskets

Entrepreneur, Fashion, Mississauga, Small Business, TorontoBy Sidra KhanMay 1, 2023

Taking custom embroidry orders from her bedroom and starting up a business, Aileen Ahmed looks to help struggling Muslims aound the world.

Front view of a laundromat called Rexdale Coin Laundry
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Rinse and Repeat in Rexdale

Diversities, M9W, Services, Small Business, TorontoBy Leonor Carvalhal DiasApril 18, 2023

A community laundromat that has more to give than a clean load of laundry

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A hidden gem for bookworms in Streetsville, Ont.

L5M, Out West, Services, Small BusinessBy Alina JafferApril 17, 2023

The store’s history involves a European pilgrimage, a heritage house and a dedicated community

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The Rise of Lala Hijabs

COVID-19, Diversities, Journalism, L3R, Services, Small BusinessBy Aishah AshrafMay 19, 2022

How the Saleh Family transformed passion into profit

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East meets west: the Love East story

Brampton, L6Y, Small BusinessBy Nashra SyedApril 19, 2022

How a trip to Turkey led a Brampton-based couple to start their own Turkish-inspired small jewelry business

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“Not Just a Big Orgy”: Swinger’s Clubs in the Age of COVID

COVID-19, Small Business, Spring'20By Sydney IngramApril 22, 2021

A Toronto lifestyle club welcoming every kink and fantasy is longing for “normalcy” in light of COVID-19

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Ditching Doubt and Claiming Confidence

COVID-19, Entrepreneur, M1B, Scarborough, Services, Small BusinessBy Shadai ScoburghApril 22, 2021

Twenty-year-old female entrepreneur finds self-confidence through building a business
during the pandemic

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