Too much effort put into motel to give up, says owner Daniel Jackson Daniel Jackson is blunt about the experience of opening a new motel during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Horrible. Horrible. There’s no business,” he said over the phone from Fort Good Hope. He had been trying to open River Bend Motel since 2018 but …
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Working fewer hours but seeing more patients remotely, says physiotherapist Kaeleigh Brown The Covid-19 pandemic gave Wildrose Physiotherapy an opportunity to lock in a virtual approach to health care. When coronavirus first arrived in the NWT last March, Wildrose owner Kaeleigh Brown halted in-person appointments. Search for virtual platform She remained closed for about six …
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Borders are closed and would-be visitors unable to travel, local residents can still send a piece of Yellowknife to friends and family outside the NWT through the creative products featured at one local business. Yellowknife Cards has only been in operation for one year, but its cards have quickly become a staple at markets and …
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Love blossoms despite Covid-19, but fewer people are going forward to tie the knot with wedding service companies. Sarah Kalnay-Watson is all too familiar with that reality as the owner of Let Me Knot. The “massive reduction” in weddings in Yellowknife due to limitations on gatherings has cut her wedding and event planning income by 90 …
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After Yellowknifers were ordered to stay home last March, remote capabilities became essential as homes transitioned to offices and social gatherings went virtual. That meant technology moved to the top of priority lists, and for Talbot Technologies, business picked up. Trey Talbot started Talbot Technologies In April 2018 after earning his computer information technology diploma …
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Like the travellers he serves, Chris Mitchell has driven a winding and bumpy road over the last 11 months. As the manager of Big River Service Centre in Fort Providence – the only gas station and shop on the 480-kilometre route from Hay River to Yellowknife – Mitchell has been in a unique spot to …
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Clothing shop Iceblink has defied pandemic challenges over the past year and successfully tapped into customer demand for comfortable clothing and shopping in a relaxing space. The women’s apparel shop experienced its best sales in 2020 since it opened almost eight years ago. Revenues were up by about 20 per cent compared to 2019 and …
One lesson outside observers can learn from how Juniper Clinic handled the Covid-19 pandemic is that crises can become opportunities for those who are prepared. Like all businesses, the chiropractic and naturopathic medicine clinic was hit hard after the pandemic lockdown began last March. “We were 100-per-cent shut down for most of our practices that …
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People in Wekweeti are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel following the arrival of Covid-19 vaccine on Jan. 13. As a remote community located 195 km north of Yellowknife and accessible only by winter road or airplane, Wekweeti’s 130 residents must travel for most essential services. Vaccinations will give them more …
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The persistence of Seiji Suzuki carried him through his 15 years of running Sushi North, and that persistence has brought him through the Covid-19 pandemic as well. His tenacity to keep his sushi restaurant and Ja-pain Bakery going also meant that he didn’t close them due to Covid-19 even as many other companies made the …
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