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Owning a small business is no accident for Sinan Leylek, the 29-year-old owner of Spark Rentals.

You’ve got a friend in Gorilla Jack. Owners, brothers Bernard and Martin Pacak, sell supplements to build muscles. They also build a support system.

Adham Tayfour wants to provide the same opportunity to others that he found in Canada. He also wants to share a taste of what he left behind.

Optometrist Dr. Luke Small once spent three days scrubbing tiny flecks of paint from a parking lot full of cars at Speedy Muffler, the business formerly located next door to Armstrong and Small Eye Care Centre at 1140 Portage Avenue.

Nearly a century in, the Dawson Richardson Building is as strong and steadying as your first cup of coffee in the morning. Home to Forth, the building at 171 McDermot Avenue has become a community centre for the Exchange District.

Bunches of people have fallen in love with Le Monkey Bar’s treats, from their chocolate-dipped bananas to fruit smoothies, popsicles, shakes and sundaes.