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A clothing retailer that got its start in Ottawa and went on to work with some of the world’s best-known brands is opening a flagship storefront in the city early next month.Â
Every small business has its own reason for wanting to help out its community.
For Liz Ellwood, co-owner of a small batch of delicious donut shops, her motivation comes from simply being alive. Years ago, she beat cervical cancer; some of the women treated alongside her for the same disease at the same stage did not.
Mia St-Aubin knows a thing or two about rising out of the ashes.
On Nov. 1, she and her husband will cut the ribbon on SwingFit Golf & Fitness Centre, a company she helped build after losing a decade’s worth of her work during the pandemic.Â