Not as easy as it looks : Small businesses share what it takes to move online
by Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
Posted Jan 10, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 10, 2021 at 10:12 am EDT
TORONTO Kiki Lally has never met a mess she was afraid of.
The Calgary entrepreneur launched craft studio Pinnovate in the middle of an Alberta recession and has seen her fair share of sticky fingers across hundreds of art classes, birthday parties and camps her business has hosted.
So when COVID-19 measures triggered shutdowns last year, Lally tackled the crisis the way she knew best: with paint, yarn and a bit of creativity.
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More than 1,700 people have now died in Toronto from COVID-19, according to public health officials, but the true toll of this virus on our city has yet to be seen in full particularly by way of which local businesses will still be standing when the pandemic ends.
More than 140 bars and restaurants alone have closed since the first emergency order was first declared in March, and with Toronto under lockdown yet again, we expect to see many more.
Business owners had been largely understanding and even supportive of their forced closures since the pandemic hit most people are keen to do their part, after all, in stopping the spread of COVID-19 but sentiments took a sharp and sour turn in late November when Doug Ford s provincial government deemed big box stores safe to stay open.
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The Pepper Wok restaurant may never be a sensation for purely culinary reasons.
It is a modest establishment tucked into a suburban plaza north of Toronto, serving traditional specialties like Hainan Chicken.
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But this month it became the unlikely focus of battling factions within the Chinese-Canadian community, its support for Hong Kong democracy and its sign referring to COVID-19 as a virus from Wuhan, China, apparently prompting a flurry of attacks.