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In the two years since opening Next Level Escapes with his wife and co-owner, Meghan Pesclovitch, Daniel Gravenor has taken a generic storefront in a suburban strip mall and created a place where problem-solving and imagination take hold.
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Harman Dhaliwal and Gabrielle
Zoppa have come through the hard times together. When the duo started Spa Botanica six years ago, “we had zero dollars,” said Dhaliwal.
Some of Sachit Mehra’s earliest memories are riding his tricycle around the tables at his family’s restaurant. Today, he’s helping set the direction for the future of East India Company.
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Hop over a fence. Walk a bit further. Inconvenience yourself. When you go out of your way, people will go out of their way for you.
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Thinking about the impact of her business on the environment and doing something about it has been part of her business since Constance Menzies opened her shop in 2007 as the first cacao bean to chocolate bar maker in Manitoba.
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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.
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La Belle Baguette’s Alix Loiselle played the piano nearly every day from the time he was four years old. He was in university studying music when he had to change his tune.
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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.
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City Bread’s beginnings date back to 1948. Today the bakery is owned by Harvey Goldman. His father, the late Max Goldman bought the business in the 1970s from the Perlmutter family.
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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.
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