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
The economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.
An Ottawa company that aims to create salary transparency among chartered professional accountants has closed its first first round of funding and says it will use the money to reach big players in the industry.Â