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The busiest time to visit Transcona Salon Spa might be on a Friday morning, when the regulars come in to get their hair done.

“I love doing things that are different,” says Alternative Choice Garden Centre co-owner Karin Griffin.

Ask kids about their favourite foods and chicken fingers are likely to land on the list. For Sandi Boulanger, the favourite comes with a childhood memory as sweet as a side of honey dill.

No product makes it onto the shelf of Wal-Mart unless it appeals to enough people for it to make the retailer money. Go to most local independent businesses and you’ll see that they’re creating something for someone specific – their smallest viable market.

The Local Frequency app launched in 2016 as a shop-local rewards program to keep money in the local economy, where it can have the most impact. Every little shift to local counts.

When the facade of the Scott Block, a century-old office building at 272 Main Street, was uncovered a few years ago, Bryan Goertz envisioned something spectacular in that space.